Agricultural market law, regulation and resistance
A reflection on India's new 'farm laws' and farmers' protests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mekhala Krishnamurthy (0000-0003-1250-6079, Ashoka University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1409-1418 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2021.1998001 |
| OpenAlex | W3213829009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
This commentary, part of a forum on India's Agrarian Question, analyses India's new controversial union Farm Laws and the farmers' protest against them in the context of the history of agricultural market laws, and the political mobilisation commonly observed in actually existing markets in different Indian states and regions. It identifies two critical shifts in law and protest and their emerging dynamics and contradictions. The first is the shift in the locus of regulatory power and resistance from the states to the union government; the second is the presence of farmers rather than traders at the forefront of protests against market reforms and in defence of local, state-regulated markets
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Biology · Context (archaeology · Economics · Geography · Market economy · Market regulation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · State (computer science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |