Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
10-2020
Abstract
The twelve articles in this special issue feature the work of scholars studying the dispossession of rural land in China and India. Each offers new insights about the extent and patterns of dispossession, the complex dynamics driving it, the consequences for farmers, as well as the factors shaping resistance or compliance. Although each article treats developments within one country, the collection helps uncover features common to rural land dispossession in China and India, and illuminates differences that shape the processes of dispossession in each country. Comparison of the two countries helps us to not only understand the future implications of this enormously important issue for economic growth, social inequality and politics in both countries, but also contributes insights useful for understanding this issue elsewhere in the world.
Keywords
Land politics, land transfer and brokerage, urbanization, rural livelihoods, agricultural industrialization, land grabs
Discipline
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Asian Studies | Politics and Social Change
Research Areas
Sociology
Publication
The Journal of Peasant Studies
Volume
47
Issue
6
First Page
1109
Last Page
1142
ISSN
0306-6150
Identifier
10.1080/03066150.2020.1826452
Publisher
Routledge
Embargo Period
10-31-2021
Citation
ANDREAS, Joel, KALE, Sunila, LEVIEN, Michael, & ZHANG, Forrest Q..(2020). Rural land dispossession in China and India. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 47(6), 1109-1142.
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