Globalization and land battles - a West Bengal perspective

October 30, 2007

By Abhijit Guha

Contents : (1) Introduction (2) Land reforms and decentralized planning in West Bengal (3) The winds of change and the contradiction (4) Marginalization of peasants in the era of globalization in West Bengal - A case study (5) Impact on land reforms (6) Impact on the local self-government (7) Peasants against acquisition (8) Governmental initiative towards resettlement and rehabilitation - an incomplete effort (9) In search of an alternative path to reform

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