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The Politics of Land Acquisition in Haryana: Managing Dominant Caste Interests in the Name of Development
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The anti-special economic zone (SEZ) mobilisation in Haryana failed to generate a mass movement despite the political strength of farmers and their deep resentment of the government's policy as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
Anti-Special Economic Zone (SEZ) mobilisation in Haryana failed to generate a mass movement. This is despite the political strength of farmers and their deep resentment of the government’s policy t...read more
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Narratives of the Dispossessed and Casteless: Politics of Land and Caste in Rajarhat, West Bengal
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The Politics of Caste in India’s New Land Wars
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Orchestrating Anti-Dispossession Politics: Caste and Movement Leadership in Rural West Bengal
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Caste at the City’s Edge: Land Struggles in Peri-urban Bengaluru
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Anticipating Future Capital: Regional Caste Contestations, Speculation and Silent Dispossession in Andhra Pradesh
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The land question: special economic zones and the political economy of dispossession in India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that existing theories of land grabs do not adequately explain why dispossession becomes necessary to accumulation at particular times and places, and seek to reconstruct Harvey's theory of accumulation by dispossession to adequately account for it.
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Growing city, shrinking hinterland: land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the emergence of the peri-urban interface in a village called Basai, which is located in the Gurgaon district of Haryana state in northwestern India.
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Power, policy and protest : the politics of India's special economic zones
TL;DR: In this paper, Rob Jenkins, Loraine Kennedy, and Partha Mukhopadhyay have discussed power, protest, and India's SEZ policy, and the political implications of permanent reform.
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Inter-state Competition, Land Conflicts and Resistance in India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that there is no simple "race to the bottom" between subnational units and argue that inter-state competition has not produced a simple equation in favour of capital and a side-lining of the concerns of those displaced.
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Dalits and Dispossession: A Comparison
Samantha Agarwal,Michael Levien +1 more
TL;DR: This paper argued that land dispossession for new economy projects may be a form of "land war" in contemporary India and rekindled older debates over the implications of capitalism for caste.