Indigenous Question, Land Appropriation, and Development: Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand, India

ISBN-13: 9781032359489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 188 str.

Gautam Pingali

Opis

The book provides a first-hand account of land conflict and power relations in one of the most resource-rich states in India — Jharkhand. Through the eyes of the state, corporate, and Adivasi actors, it reveals how conflict over land in Jharkhand is firmly embedded in the ideological foundations of the key actors in the region.

Spis treści

Foreword by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt. Preface. 1. Introducing the conflict 2. Adivasis in colonial and post-colonial India 3. Development in post-colonial India 4. Removing Adivasis from the Adivasi state 5. Agriculture – ‘backward’ economy in the eyes of the state 6. Corporations – pressures, threats, and ultimatums 7. Adivasis – the question of resistance versus persistence 8. Violent and bloodied realities of ideologies in Jharkhand 9. The way forward for Jharkhand 10. Closing remarks. References