The Land Question and the Mobility of the Marginalized

A Study of Land Inequality in Kerala

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5672827
AutoresC R Yadu (0000-0002-2879-9788, Centre For Development Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume4
Fascículo3
Páginas327-370
Data de publicação2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAgrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2277-9760 • E-ISSN: 2321-0281
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2277976016637990
OpenAlexW2405756720
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas12

Kerala's widely acclaimed land reform failed to yield social equality. This article analyzes Kerala's land question from the perspective of social equity and shows that even after the much touted land reform, land inequality in the state stands very high, whether measured in terms of overall distribution inequality or social inequality. The land reform, along with other factors, resulted in the preponderance of small and marginal holdings. In the social front, the marginalized communities still stand at the bottom of land ownership. The persisting inequality in land ownership has significant stakes in the upward mobility of the marginalized groups. The study reveals that land ownership is an important variable affecting the educational level of households and that land reform in the state widened the opportunities for occupational mobility among the marginalized groups

Agriculture · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Land reform · Land tenure · Political science · Social inequality · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies