Agrarian Urban Economy And Social Change

Author : Gita Bajpai
Publisher : Daya Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021698934

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Agrarian Urban Economy and Social Change by Gita Bajpai Pdf

The Economic Changes In The Selected Districts Of One Of The Premier Princely States, The Baroda State And British District In Gujarat-Broach And Surat During The British Colonial Period Has Provided An Eloquent Testimony Of The Transition From The Colonial Agrarian Economy To Mercantile And Urban Development. The Economic Transition Of Western Europe And Particularly England, As It Entered The Second Phase Of The Industrial Revolution Intensified The Need For Raw Materials And Food Products. The American Civil War And The Opening Of The Suez Canal Were The Two Powerful Levers Of Change. The American Civil War Enables Indian Cotton To Have A Permanent Foothold In The European Market. This Gave A Tremendous Boost To Cotton Cultivation In India And Improved The Prospects Of Cultivators Of These Districts. This Led To An Unprecedented Rise In Cotton Price In The Country And Brought In A Substantial Expansion In Cotton Acreage. Meanwhile, The Construction And Extension Of Railways Brought Enormous Benefits To The Farmers, Middlemen, Merchants And Dealers In Agricultural Produce. The Consequence Of Infrastructural Development Was The Emergence Of Market Economy. The Major Change Was The Commercialisation Of An Agrarian Economy. Newer Credit Agencies And Monetization Of The Economy Began To Dominate The Economic Scene. With The Growth Of Trade And Commerce Came The Growth Of New Class Of Professionals Connected With It. Occupational Changes Became More Mobile. Contents Part I- Aspects Of Agrarian Economy And Social Change; Chapter 1: Agrarian Structure And Baroda State Policy, 1860:1881: An Overview Of The State; Chapter 2: Agrarian Economy In Transition: Case Studies Of The Baroda And Kadi Prants Of The State, 1860-1884; Chapter 3: Agrarian Prospects And Social Change: Case Study Of Waghers Of Kathiawar, 1850-1900; Chapter 4: Economic Imperatives And Modernization: The Baroda State, 1850-1900; Chapter 5: The American Civil War And Colonial Economy: Case Study Of Select Districts Of The Baroda State, 1860-1900; Chapter 6: The Nature Of Change In British Gujarat: Case Study Of Chorasi District, Surat Collectorate, 1850-1900; Chapter 7: Agrarian Policy And Anti-Imperialism In British Gujarat: Case Study Of Chikhli District, Surat Collectorate, 1850-1900; Part Ii- Aspects Of Urban Economy And Social Change; Chapter 8: Urbanisation: The Case Of Baroda, 1850-1900; Chapter 9: Urbanisation: The Case Of Surat, 1850-1900; Chapter 10: Urbanisation: The Case Of Broach, 1850-1900; Chapter 11: A Review Of Urbanisation In Western India: Select Urban Centres, 1850-1900.

Author : Seema Purushothaman,Sheetal Patil
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811083365

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Agrarian Change and Urbanization in Southern India by Seema Purushothaman,Sheetal Patil Pdf

This book takes readers on a journey through the evolution of agricultural communities in southern India, from their historical roots to the recent global neo-liberal era. It offers insights into a unique combination of themes, with a particular focus on agrarian change and urbanisation, specifically in the state of Karnataka where both aspects are significant and co-exist. Based on case studies from Karnataka in South India, the book presents a regional yet integrated multi-disciplinary framework for analysing the persistence, resilience and future of small farmer units. In doing so, it charts possible futures for small farm holdings and identifies means of integrating their progress and sustainability alongside that of the rest of the economy. Further, it provides arguments for the relevance of small holdings in connection with sustainable livelihoods and welfare at the grass roots, while also catering to the welfare needs of society at the macro level. The book makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship of agrarian as well as peri-urban transdisciplinary literature. For agrarian academics, students and the teaching community, the book’s broad and topical coverage make it a valuable resource. For development practitioners and for those working on issues related to urbanisation, urban peripheries and the rural–urban interface, this book offers a new perspective that considers the primary sector on par with the secondary and tertiary. It also offers an insightful guide for policymakers and non-government organisations working in this area.

Author : Ryan Isakson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317424819

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New Directions in Agrarian Political Economy by Ryan Isakson Pdf

How relevant are the classic theories of agrarian change in the contemporary context? This volume explores this question by focusing upon the defining features of agrarian transformation in the 21st century: the financialization of food and agriculture, the blurring of rural and urban livelihoods through migration and other economic activities, forest transition, climate change, rural indebtedness, the co-evolution of social policy and moral economies, and changing property relations. Combined, the eleven contributions to this collection provide a broad overview of agrarian studies over the past four decades and identify the contemporary frontiers of agrarian political economy. In this path-breaking collection, the authors show how new iterations of long evident processes continue to catch peasants and smallholders in the crosshairs of crises and how many manage to face these challenges, developing new sources and sites of livelihood production. This volume was published as part one of the special double issue celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

Author : Rita Vilkė,Dalia Vidickienė,Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė,Vitalija Simonaitytė,Erika Ribašauskienė
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030719838

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Rural Economic Developments and Social Movements by Rita Vilkė,Dalia Vidickienė,Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė,Vitalija Simonaitytė,Erika Ribašauskienė Pdf

Focusing on the demands of the new innovative, sustainable and inclusive rural development paradigm, the monograph raises the discussion regarding new approaches and success factors that are vital in current rural socio-economic development and policy transformations. The bottom-up policymaking, self-organization, creative use of knowledge in rural areas, and many other rural innovations are aligned in this book with new social movements’ theories, which help disclose, explore and explain the rural development paradigm shift. Rural development forces of the 21st century center on the agents of change - rural population, and, surprisingly - urban population(!), and the political debate concerning EU Common Agricultural Policy and European Green Deal, illustrated with multiple case studies. This book will be of interest to a broad audience of readers, keen on scientific, political, and practical issues of innovations in rural areas and their future development pathways. The monograph is authored by a team of scholars from the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Department of Rural Development.

Author : B. B. Mohanty
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429753336

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Agrarian Transformation in Western India by B. B. Mohanty Pdf

This book examines the economic gains and social costs of agrarian transformation in India. The author looks at three phases of agrarian transformation: colonial, post- colonial, and neoliberal. This work combines macro and micro economic data, economic and noneconomic phenomena, and quantitative and qualitative aspects while exploring the context of historical and contemporary changes with special reference to Maharashtra in western India. It discusses regional disparities in agricultural development, issues of modernisation and social inequality, land owning among scheduled castes and tribes, women in agriculture, pattern of labour migration and farmer’s suicides, and documents the experiences and conditions of the rural poor and socially weaker sections to provide a comprehensive understanding of the significant changes in agrarian rural economy of western India. It also discusses contemporary development policy and practices and their consequences. Lucid and topical, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of agrarian studies, rural sociology, social history, agricultural economics, development studies, political economy, political studies, and public policy, as well as planning and policy experts.

Author : E.L. Jones,S.J. Woolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136580369

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Agrarian Change and Economic Development by E.L. Jones,S.J. Woolf Pdf

Agrarian Change and Economic Development is a landmark volume that examines the historical experience of the relationship between agrarian change and economic development. Because agriculture was until recently man's dominant occupation, scholars have traditionally drawn little attention to its immense historical importance. The essays in this book redress this balance, and illustrate the significance of the western world's escape from an overwhelmingly agrarian condition. It is therefore an ideal work for encouraging those concerned with current problems to perceive agricultural development as professional historians see it, and to question the oversimplified historical analogies commonly employed in development economics. Presenting historical examples of change within particular agricultural systems, and discussing their implications for national economic development, both social scientists and planners less concerned with historical revision will have equal reason to welcome these case studies of the long-run interaction of agrarian change and economic activity. This classic book was first published in 1969.

Author : Everett M. Rogers,Rabel J. Burdge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social change
ISBN : UOM:39015005080711

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Social Change in Rural Societies by Everett M. Rogers,Rabel J. Burdge Pdf

Introduction - social change and rural sociology; Maui concepts in sociology; Rural social instituitions; The process and consequences of planned change.

Author : Everett M. Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social change
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050730989

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Social Change in Rural Societies by Everett M. Rogers Pdf

Author : Arif Dirlik,Alexander Woodside,Roxann Prazniak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317259107

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Global Capitalism and the Future of Agrarian Society by Arif Dirlik,Alexander Woodside,Roxann Prazniak Pdf

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally. The book gives special attention to recent economic development and urbanization in the People s Republic of China which have had a major impact on contemporary transformations globally. Case studies from South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America in turn place these transformations in a comparative global perspective. The contributors include distinguished scholars from the UN, PRC, India, Zimbabwe, and Latin America who are also active in policy issues."

Author : Gene F Summers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000314113

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Technology And Social Change In Rural Areas by Gene F Summers Pdf

The possibility of nuclear war, the failure of the Green Revolution, the capabilities of genetic engineering, and other actual and potential effects of technological innovations have created demands for a more humane application of technology. Addressing this issue, Technology and Social Change in Rural Areas is a clear assessment of the current state of affairs. The book begins with a discussion of the changing paradigms of technology adoption and diffusion, the dynamics of public resistance, and the question of social responsibility in an age of synthetic biology. In subsequent sections, the contributors assess the revolutionary effect of technology on agriculture worldwide and conclude that radically new public policies are essential; expose the transformations of rural life and communities that result from the localized effects of technology and its use as a weapon in world-system politics; and critically examine the appropriate technology movement. The essays are presented to honor Professor Eugene A. Wilkening for his many pioneering and lasting contributions to the study of technology and rural social change. The book includes an intellectual biography of Professor Wilkening written by his long-time colleague and friend, William H. Sewell.

Author : A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi,Cristóbal Kay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134064649

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Peasants and Globalization by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi,Cristóbal Kay Pdf

In 2007, for the first time in human history, a majority of the world’s population lived in cities. However, on a global scale, poverty overwhelmingly retains a rural face. This book assembles an unparalleled group of internationally-eminent scholars in the field of rural development and social change in order to explore historical and contemporary processes of agrarian change and transformation and their consequent impact upon the livelihoods, poverty and well-being of those who live in the countryside. The book provides a critical analysis of the extent to which rural development trajectories have in the past and are now promoting a change in rural production processes, the accumulation of rural resources, and shifts in rural politics, and the implications of such trajectories for peasant livelihoods and rural workers in an era of globalization. Peasants and Globalization thus explores continuity and change in the debate on the ‘agrarian question’, from its early formulation in the late 19th century to the continuing relevance it has in our times, including chapters from Terence Byres, Amiya Bagchi, Ellen Wood, Farshad Araghi, Henry Bernstein, Saturnino M Borras, Ray Kiely, Michael Watts and Philip McMichael. Collectively, the contributors argue that neoliberal social and economic policies have, in deepening the market imperative governing the contemporary world food system, not only failed to tackle to underlying causes of rural poverty but have indeed deepened the agrarian crisis currently confronting the livelihoods of peasant farmers and rural workers. This crisis does not go unchallenged, as rural social movements have emerged, for the first time, on a transnational scale. Confronting development policies that are unable to reduce, let alone eliminate, rural poverty, transnational rural social movements are attempting to construct a more just future for the world’s farmers and rural workers.

Author : Jonathan Rigg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317877677

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More than the Soil by Jonathan Rigg Pdf

More than the Soil focuses on the social, cultural, economic and technological processes that have transformed rural areas of Southeast Asia. The underlying premise is that rural lives and livelihoods in this region have undergone fundamental change. No longer can we assume that rural livelihoods are founded on agriculture; nor can we assume that people envisage their futures in terms of farming. The inter-penetration of the rural and urban, and the degree to which rural people migrate between rural and urban areas, and shift from agriculture to non-agriculture, raises fundamental questions about how we conceptualise the rural Southeast Asia and the households to be found there.

Author : Bryan R. Roberts
Publisher : London : Edward Arnold, July 1978.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015020676402

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Cities of Peasants by Bryan R. Roberts Pdf

Monograph examining economic implications and social implications of capitalist urbanization in Latin America - discusses trends in urban development and underdevelopment during historical colonialism, industrialization, rural migration and change in the agrarian structure, etc., and analyses social stratification and social mobility, interdependence between the modern industrial sector and the informal sector (small scale industry), poverty and working class marginality, etc. Bibliography pp. 178 to 199 and statistical tables.

Author : Ester Boserup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351484534

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The Conditions of Agricultural Growth by Ester Boserup Pdf

This book sets out to investigate the process of agrarian change from new angles and with new results. It starts on firm ground rather than from abstract economic theory. Upon its initial appearance, it was heralded as "a small masterpiece, which economic historians should read--and not simply quote"--Giovanni Frederico, Economic History Services. The Conditions of Agricultural Growth remains a breakthrough in the theory of agricultural development. In linking ethnography with economy, developmental studies reached new heights. Whereas "development" had been seen previously as the transformation of traditional communities by the introduction (or imposition) of new technologies, Ester Boserup argues that changes and improvements occur from within agricultural communities, and that improvements are governed not simply by external interference, but by those communities themselves Using extensive analyses of the costs and productivity of the main systems of traditional agriculture, Ester Boserup concludes that technical, economic, and social changes are unlikely to take place unless the community concerned is exposed to the pressure of population growth.

Author : Philip McMichael
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412955928

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Development and Social Change by Philip McMichael Pdf

Fourth edition of this international bestseller. Adopted by sociology, politics, development and also geography departments.