Land Reforms at Centre Stage
The Evidence on West Bengal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4748779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G K Lieten (Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-130 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1996.tb00580.x |
| OpenAlex | W2004443547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
The debate on the agrarian problem in developing countries has alternated between a stress on the necessity for land reforms and an emphasis on the introduction of productivity-enhancing technology, leading to a trickle-down effect. In the Indian state of West Bengal, the former strategy has been pursued since the mid-1970s. Most observers agree that this approach has stimulated a 'virtuous circle', leading to higher production, a decrease in poverty and in polarization, and a perceptible improvement of the human development index. This article addresses the causality sequence, namely, whether land reform or irrigation has acted as the kick-start mechanism to these improvements. The irrigation figures are not impressive, either in comparison with the outlay in other Indian states, or in terms of crop coverage. The explanation for activation of a virtuous circle may therefore be found in land reform, at least if land reform is considered and implemented in its comprehensive meaning: intervention in the relations of production, the forces of production and the broad social and political parameters
Agrarian reform · Agrarian society · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Intervention (counseling) · Land reform · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Productivity · Socioeconomics · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · West bengal · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Land Rights and Reforms
City Requiem, Calcutta
Political Economy of Discretionary Allocation of Annual Development Programmes
Political Economy of Elite Capture and Clientelism in Public Resource Distribution
The Impact of Tenancy Reform in West Bengal
Uncertainty washed with conviction in the investigation of public policy
Making Negotiated Land Reform Work
Land reform and livelihoods in South Africa's Northern Cape province
The Philippine Land Reform in Comparative Perspective
Agrarian Class Conflict
Land to the Tiller
The State and Poverty in India
Land reform as commenced business
Communism in Kerala
Dilemmas of development
The Political Economy of Rural Poverty
Agrarian relations in Burdwan district, West Bengal
Rural Development in West Bengal
The First Communist Ministry in Kerala, 1957-1959
Agrarian change and occupational diversification
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2023 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |