Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India
The Bharatiya Kisan Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8962054 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jim Bentall (corresponding author), Stuart Corbridge |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-27 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/622922 |
| OpenAlex | W1998058952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 13 |
The green revolution in India is focusing peasant attention on the prices of farm inputs and outputs. According to the Rudolphs, a class of 'bullock capitalists', newly hegemonic in the Indian countryside, is mobilizing support for a new agrarian politics that pits rural India (Bharat) against an exploitative urban India. These claims are examined with reference to the organization, tactics and appeal of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in northwest India. Evidence is drawn from fieldwork in two villages and from interviews with local political leaders. Support is offered for the Rudolphs' thesis that economic factors are important in explaining levels of active support for the new agrarian politics. But patterns of support for the BKU are also crucially affected by caste and community considerations, and by the construction of the BKU's leader, Mahendra Singh Tikait, as a political leader in the Gandhian tradition. The conclusion considers the dynamics of peasant social movements in south Asia
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| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2023 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |