Land Reforms in India
Performance and Challenges in Gujarat and Maharashtra
1st Edition
Published on 11. June 2002
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-0-7619-9544-9 (ISBN)
Description
This, the eighth volume in the series on Land Reforms in India focuses on Gujarat and Maharashtra and contains original essays by scholars, activists and administrators who have in-depth knowledge of the current situation regarding land reforms in the two states. The contributors place the two states in a contemporary framework.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
315 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9544-9 (9780761995449)
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Ghanshyam Shah is currently Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar, The Netherlands. During a rich and distinguished career, he has been Director of the Centre for Social Studies, Surat (1976-85 and again from 1991 to 1996); Dr Ambedkar Chair Professor at the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (1996-97); and Professor in Social Sciences at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, (1997-2003).
Professor Shah has taught in the Department of Public Administration at South Gujarat University; and has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science at Banaras Hindu University and at the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, among others. He was awarded the V.K.R.V. Rao prize in Political Science Research in 1979 and 1980, and the University Grants Commission National Award in Political Science in 1998. Ghanshyam Shah has authored, co-authored or edited more than 15 books, including Social Movements and the State (2002), Dalit Identity and Politics (2001) and Public Health and Urban Development: The Study of the Surat Plague (1997).
Professor Shah has taught in the Department of Public Administration at South Gujarat University; and has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science at Banaras Hindu University and at the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, among others. He was awarded the V.K.R.V. Rao prize in Political Science Research in 1979 and 1980, and the University Grants Commission National Award in Political Science in 1998. Ghanshyam Shah has authored, co-authored or edited more than 15 books, including Social Movements and the State (2002), Dalit Identity and Politics (2001) and Public Health and Urban Development: The Study of the Surat Plague (1997).
Content
Preface
Editors Introduction - Ghanshyam Shah and D C Shah
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF LAND REFORMS
Overview of Land Reforms in Maharashtra - R V Bhuskute
Land Reforms and Agrarian Structure in Maharashtra - R S Deshpande
Caste and Land Reforms in Gujarat - Ghanshyam Shah
PART TWO: IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND REFORMS
Implementation of Land Ceiling Act in Western India - K Gopal Iyer
Tenancy Reforms in Western India - K Gopal Iyer
Distribution of Government Land in Western India - K Gopal Iyer
PART THREE: TRIBAL ALIENATION AND THEIR STRUGGLES
Land Alienation, Land Reforms and Tribals in Maharashtra - Pradip Prabhu
Struggles of Dangi Adivasis for Livelihood and Land - Irfan Engineer
Land Reforms through People's Movements - Kiran Desai
Land Struggles in the Eastern Belt of Gujarat - Indukumar Jani
PART FOUR: STRUGGLES AND REHABILITATION OF PROJECT AFFECTED PEOPLE
Land Grabbing and Struggles of the Displaced in Maharashtra - Rajendra Vora
Crop Commercialization and Migration - D C Sah
Status and Impact of Land Reforms and New Technology on Agricultural Development - Samar K Datta and Bhupat M Desai
Common Property Land Resources in Gujarat: Some Findings about Their Size, Status and Use - Sudarshan Iyengar
Select Bibliography - Arjun Patel
Index
Editors Introduction - Ghanshyam Shah and D C Shah
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF LAND REFORMS
Overview of Land Reforms in Maharashtra - R V Bhuskute
Land Reforms and Agrarian Structure in Maharashtra - R S Deshpande
Caste and Land Reforms in Gujarat - Ghanshyam Shah
PART TWO: IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND REFORMS
Implementation of Land Ceiling Act in Western India - K Gopal Iyer
Tenancy Reforms in Western India - K Gopal Iyer
Distribution of Government Land in Western India - K Gopal Iyer
PART THREE: TRIBAL ALIENATION AND THEIR STRUGGLES
Land Alienation, Land Reforms and Tribals in Maharashtra - Pradip Prabhu
Struggles of Dangi Adivasis for Livelihood and Land - Irfan Engineer
Land Reforms through People's Movements - Kiran Desai
Land Struggles in the Eastern Belt of Gujarat - Indukumar Jani
PART FOUR: STRUGGLES AND REHABILITATION OF PROJECT AFFECTED PEOPLE
Land Grabbing and Struggles of the Displaced in Maharashtra - Rajendra Vora
Crop Commercialization and Migration - D C Sah
Status and Impact of Land Reforms and New Technology on Agricultural Development - Samar K Datta and Bhupat M Desai
Common Property Land Resources in Gujarat: Some Findings about Their Size, Status and Use - Sudarshan Iyengar
Select Bibliography - Arjun Patel
Index