This essay reviews five recent books concerned with different aspects of the agrarian crisis
and agrarian questions in India. Each book deals, implicitly or explicitly, with specific facets …

This essay provides theoretical and empirical analysis of the interrelationships between land
grabs, primitive accumulation and accumulation by dispossession (ABD) in the context of …

Degrowth refers to a radical politico-economic reorganisation that leads to smaller and more
equitable social metabolisms. Degrowth posits that such a transition is indispensable but …

This paper re‐interrogates the positions on the agrarian question in I ndia, to reach fresh
conclusions about important agrarian policies of the Left, including that of land reforms …

This book provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most
contentious borders in the world. The collected essays portray existence at different points …

In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially 'took the part of
peasants' in an essay, the critique of which had far-reaching impacts. Africa's common man …

This paper explores the ongoing reconfiguration of peasant labour processes from
agriculture to informal mineral extraction, outlining the motivations of the rural poor in …

What we are seeing in India is not the classic agrarian transition. Poor Indians with homes in
rural areas are no longer simple peasants or rural wage labourers. They are also dependent …

This chapter explores some theoretical and practical problems arising from the impact of
liberalization/globalization and its latest crisis on India's informal economy—heavily …

" This book considers three questions about understanding the past. How can we rethink
human histories by including animals and plants? How can we overcome nationally …