The Political Economy of Land Acquisition in India How a Village Sto
This book examines key issues concerning land acquisition, and puts forward policy suggestions. Land acquisition is one of the most important issues besetting India’s political economy today. There have been many conflicts surrounding acquisitions; but th
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The Political Economy of Land Acquisition in India
Dhanmanjiri Sathe
The Political Economy of Land Acquisition in India How a Village Stops Being One
Dhanmanjiri Sathe Department of Economics Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune, Maharashtra, India
ISBN 978-981-10-5325-2 ISBN 978-981-10-5326-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-5326-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017950400 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © yogesh_more/gettyimages Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
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Acknowledgements
Many organizations and people have helped me in writing this book. Most of this work was funded by the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH), Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). I would like to thank the Director, CSSH, Prof. Raja Dixit for always supporting this research project. At no stage did I face any problems with respect to funding of this project and that means a lot to me. A part of the work was done under the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship, 2012–2013. I was associated with the Graduate Centre, CUNY, New York. I would like to thank Prof. Frances Piven and Prof. Uday Mehta for making my stay in New York enjoyable. I would also like to thank Esther with whom I stayed for a certain period. Then, I would like to begin with thanking the residents of Maan village. I visited Maan village around 40 times and every time I found that I had something new to learn. Coming from a family which has had an urban bias for more than two centuries (and in that sense been ‘landless’); the intensive exposure to the r
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