Encountering Land Grab: An Ethnographic Journey

ISBN-13: 9781032269306 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 186 str.

Abhijit Guha

Opis

Taking possession of private land for 'public purpose' by the state is a global phenomenon, but it displaces  the people at the local-level. In this book, the author studies the observable fact of land grab for industries in a particular locale of the West Bengal State through field and archive in this multi-sited ethnographic 'journey'.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. How I Became Interested in Land Grab 3. Methods, Materials and Justifications 4. In the Villages 5. At the Land Acquisition Office 6. Clever Dialogues of the Politicians 7. Theoretical Insights or the Lessons Learnt 8. Conclusion

O autorze

Abhijit Guha is Senior Fellow at Indian Council of Social Science Research, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.