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Lerche, Jens (2012) 'Questioni agrarie o questioni del lavoro? La questione agraria e la sue irrilevanza per il lavoro rurale nell'India neo-liberista.' Soliolologia Del Lavoro (128). pp. 76-105.

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Abstract

This article reinterrogates the positions on the agrarian question in India, to reach fresh conclusions about important agrarian policies of the left, including that of land reforms. Internationally, the classic political economy approach to agrarian transitions has been challenged by positions arguing a) that neoliberalism and the international corporate food regime has led to a new dominant contradiction between the peasantry and multinational agribusiness or, b) that the agrarian question for capital has been bypassed. It is shown that most analyses of the agrarian question in India, including those of Indian left parties, tend to adhere either to the classic political economy approach, or their analyses are close to the peasantry versus the corporate food regime approach. In spite of this, it is here argued that an empirical analysis of agrarian transition in India lends credence to some aspects of the third position, i.e. the argument that the agrarian question for capital has been bypassed. The article finishes with a discussion of the political implications of this.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > Department of Development Studies
ISSN: 1972554X
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.3280/SL2012-128006
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2013 15:13
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/14846

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