Seeking Middle Ground

Land, Markets, and Public Policy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvSanjoy Chakravorty,Amitendu Palit,University of Pennsylvania) Chakravorty, Sanjoy (Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University and Visiting Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University and Visiting Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania,National University of Singapore) Palit, Amitendu (Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead Trade and Economic Policy, Institute of South Asian Studies, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead Trade and Economic Policy, Institute of South Asian Studies

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Land is a subject of great conflict and debate in India. Over the past decade, the debate has focused on land acquisition, which some have called India's biggest problem. Land and the issues related to its acquisition have heavily influenced electoral verdicts and political fortunes in various parts of India. A new law for acquisition was created by the left-of-center Congress-led UPA government in 2013, which was immediately sought to be amended (unsuccessfully) in 2014 by the newly elected right-wing BJP-led NDA government. These differing visions on acquisition have often been simplified into opposing camps: people-friendly vs. business-friendly; o<"populist vs.neoliberal". Much of the general discourse on land remains similarly polarized. At the core of the debate are serious issues of justice and history intertwined with politics and economics. These debates over land are already prominent in contemporary India and are expected to become even more so in the coming decade given the anxieties over rural distress and the problem of livelihoods. Social, economic, and political turmoil over land will become more visible as India struggles to address the serious challenges of satisfying the aspirations of a burgeoning young population with growing lack of work. As land-based incomes stagnate or dwindle for rural communities and alternative earning options remain vague and limited, while changing land use from agriculture to more productive alternatives remains fraught with conflict, popular politics and public policies in India will have to stay engaged with the debate on land at their core.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-10-10
Mått146 x 213 x 31 mm
Vikt470 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor308
FörlagOUP India
ISBN9780199495450

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Introduction. Reframing the Land Debate in India: Bringing the Market Back into a Political Discussion - Sanjoy Chakravorty and Amitendu Palit 4PART 1. THE CHALLENGE OF LAND 341. Land, Poverty and Displacement: The Indian Malady - Abhirup Sarkar 352. The Dilemma of Balancing Growth and Social Justice: A Retrospective View on Agriculture, Land, and Rural India - Subrata Mitra 613. Debating Land: Indian Parliament and the Question of Land - Ronojoy Sen 884. Land Acquisition in India: The Political-Economy of Changing the Law - Sanjoy Chakravorty 115PART 2. A VARIETY OF LAND MARKETS 1415. How the Market Mechanism Can be Utilized in Land Acquisition: Case Studies in Foshan and Sanand - Yinghong Huang 1426. Land Making and Industry Making in Tamil Nadu - Sojin Shin 1697. Unpacking the Double Movement: Contentious Land Acquisition in India - Manjusha Nair 1878. Locational Politics of Land: Antagonistic Cooperation in Western Maharashtra - Sai Balakrishnan 211PART 3. A RANGE OF LAND POLICIES 2349. Land Market Distortions in India - K.P. Krishnan, Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Madalasa Venkataraman 23510. The Effect of Urban Land Use Regulations on Density: The Case of Selected Indian cities - Kala Seetharam Sridhar 26611. Towards a Market for Land in India: Post LARR Development Makes it Necessary - Subhomoy Bhattacharjee 29812. Land in India: Meddling in Muddled Markets - Amitendu Palit 318Bibliography 335Contributors 354