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In comparison to other social groups, India's rural poor - and
particularly Adivasis and Dalits - have seen little benefit from
the country's economic growth over the last three decades. Though
economists and statisticians are able to model the form and extent
of this inequality, their work is rarely concerned with identifying
possible causes. Employment, Poverty and Rights in India analyses
unemployment in India and explains why the issues of employment and
unemployment should be the appropriate prism to understand the
status of wellbeing in India. The author provides a historical
analysis of policy interventions on behalf of the colonial and
postcolonial state with regard to the alleviation of unemployment
and poverty in India and in West Bengal in particular. Arguing
that, as long as poverty - either as a concept or as an empirical
condition - remains as a technical issue to be managed by
governmental technologies, the 'poor' will be held responsible for
their own fate and the extent of poverty will continue to increase.
The book contends that rural unemployment in India is not just an
economic issue but a political process that has consistently been
shaped by various socio-economic, political and cultural factors
since the colonial period. The analysis which depends mainly on
ethnography extends to the implementation of the 'New Rights
Agenda', such as the MGNREGA, at the rural margin. Challenging the
dominant approach to poverty, this book will be of interest to
scholars working in the fields of South Asian studies, Indian
Political Economy, contemporary political theories, poverty
studies, neo-liberalism, sociology and social anthropology as well
as development studies.
In comparison to other social groups, India's rural poor - and
particularly Adivasis and Dalits - have seen little benefit from
the country's economic growth over the last three decades. Though
economists and statisticians are able to model the form and extent
of this inequality, their work is rarely concerned with identifying
possible causes. Employment, Poverty and Rights in India analyses
unemployment in India and explains why the issues of employment and
unemployment should be the appropriate prism to understand the
status of wellbeing in India. The author provides a historical
analysis of policy interventions on behalf of the colonial and
postcolonial state with regard to the alleviation of unemployment
and poverty in India and in West Bengal in particular. Arguing
that, as long as poverty - either as a concept or as an empirical
condition - remains as a technical issue to be managed by
governmental technologies, the 'poor' will be held responsible for
their own fate and the extent of poverty will continue to increase.
The book contends that rural unemployment in India is not just an
economic issue but a political process that has consistently been
shaped by various socio-economic, political and cultural factors
since the colonial period. The analysis which depends mainly on
ethnography extends to the implementation of the 'New Rights
Agenda', such as the MGNREGA, at the rural margin. Challenging the
dominant approach to poverty, this book will be of interest to
scholars working in the fields of South Asian studies, Indian
Political Economy, contemporary political theories, poverty
studies, neo-liberalism, sociology and social anthropology as well
as development studies.
This book discusses the forms and dynamics of political processes
in rural India with a special emphasis on West Bengal, the nation's
fourth-most populous state. West Bengal's political distinction
stems from its long legacy of a Left-led coalition government for
more than thirty years and its land reform initiatives. The book
closely looks at how people from different castes, religions, and
genders represent themselves in local governments, political
parties, and in the social movements in West Bengal. At the same
time it addresses some important questions: Is there any new
pattern of politics emerging at the margins? How does this pattern
of politics correspond with the current discourse of governance?
Using ethnographic techniques, it claims to chart new territories
by not only examining how rural people see the state, but also
conceiving the context by comparing the available theoretical
frameworks put forward to explain the political dynamics of rural
India.
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