Sonar Bangla? Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh

About this book

This is the first book to analyze agrarian change in rural Bengal since the recent upsurge in agricultural growth which began in the mid-1980s. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the complex linkages between agricultural growth, agrarian social change, government policy and local level practice.

Contents

Introduction - Ben Rogaly, Barbara Harriss-White and Sugata Bose Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh PART ONE: AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, POVERTY AND WELL-BEING Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Structure in Bengal - Sugata Bose An Historical Overview Agricultural Growth and Recent Trends in Well-Being in Rural West Bengal - Haris Gazdar and Sunil Sengupta Slowdown in Agricultural Growth in Bangladesh - Richard Palmer-Jones Neither a Good Description nor a Description Good to Give Agricultural Growth Performance in Bangladesh - Quazi Shahabuddin A Note on the Recent Slowdown Why Is Agricultural Growth Uneven? Class and the Agrarian Surplus in Bangladesh - Ben Crow PART TWO: POLICIES AND PRACTICES Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Growth Trends in Bangladesh - Shapan Adnan The Political Economy of Technological Change and Policy Interventions Panchayati Raj and the Changing Micro-Politics of West Bengal - Glyn Williams From Untouchable to Communist - Arild Engelsen Ruud Wealth, Power and Status among Supporters of the Communist Party (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal Politics of Middleness - Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya The Changing Character of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal (1977-90) PART THREE: CHANGING AGRARIAN STRUCTURES From Farms to Services - Geoffrey D Wood Agricultural Reformation in Bangladesh Institutions, Actors and Strategies in West Bengal's Rural Development - A Study on Irrigation - Neil Webster Dangerous Liaisons? Seasonal Migration and Agrarian Change in West Bengal - Ben Rogaly Agricultural Growth and the Structure and Relations of Agricultural Markets in West Bengal - Barbara Harriss-White

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