Class, politics and agrarian policies in post-liberalisation India

By:

Gupta, Sejuti Das

Publication details: Cambridge University Press 2019 CambridgeDescription: xv, 303pISBN:

9781108416283

Subject(s):

Social classes -- Politics and government -- Agriculture and state -- India

DDC classification:

320.954 GUP-C

Summary: The book visits the idea of New India, studying how the political economy of India has changed significantly in post-liberalisation India. The book challenges the notion that all farmers in India are in agrarian distress, showing that some classes of farmers have gained under policies; it helps understand why farmer movement has weakened and control of industrial capitalist class has been bolstered. The book discusses the growing presence of petty bourgeoisie with both old and new fractions thriving. Gujarat and Karnataka are instances of these two kinds of fractions.

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Includes Bibliography and Index

The book visits the idea of New India, studying how the political economy of India has changed significantly in post-liberalisation India. The book challenges the notion that all farmers in India are in agrarian distress, showing that some classes of farmers have gained under policies; it helps understand why farmer movement has weakened and control of industrial capitalist class has been bolstered. The book discusses the growing presence of petty bourgeoisie with both old and new fractions thriving. Gujarat and Karnataka are instances of these two kinds of fractions.

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