Land dispossession and everyday politics in rural Eastern India / Kenneth Bo Nielsen.

'Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India' analyses the political mobilization of farmers in Singur, West Bengal, in defence of their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the internal politics of one of...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Situating Singur
  • Land, identity, and the politics of representation
  • Law, judicialisation and the politics of waiting
  • Class, caste and community
  • Gendered mobilisation: women as activists and symbols
  • Activist leadership
  • Ma, Mati, Manush : Mamata
  • Conclusion.