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This collection celebrates T.J. Byres' seminal contributions to the political economy of the agrarian question. Uniting the various themes is the demonstration of the continuing relevance of a critical, historical and comparative materialist analysis of agrarian question.
The agrarian question is central to the economic analysis of poor countries. In this inaugural lecture the author has chosen political economy as an approriate method for the analysis of the problems of economic development in the world, with particular emphasis on India.
his is a meticulously compiled Index of the first twenty volumes of The Journal of Peasant Studies, prepared by the three present editors and with the assistance of Edward Lahiff and Gill Peace. A most valuable guide to the rich and diverse content of the journal is provided by the Subject Index giving a coherent framework without imposing a uniform imprint on the depth and range of the material. The Index includes an essay on the journal's origins and its first twenty years (by T J Byres) and a User's Guide (by Henry Bernstein).
First Published in 1983. Of all the social relationships that exist in the countryside in contemporary poor countries, and which have existed in the past in ‘developed’ countries, that of share tenancy is among the most significant and the most fascinating. It is, and has been, geographically widespread, varied in its manifestations, and historically tenacious. Sharecropping has been singled out frequently in land reform programmes as a candidate for elimination. Yet it persists, often in disguised form. It raises difficult theoretical issues, which have attracted the attention of some of the outstanding economists—from Adam Smith, through John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, and Alfred Marsha...
This volume brings together the major economic debates that have taken place in the fifty years since India's independence and that represent the various phases of its economic development
This volume is about the emerging development trajectories of rural labour relations in India, based on studies from its regions and states. Its overarching theme is the rural class conflict and the results of such conflict, and the link between this and the nature and impact of state intervention. Vigorous emancipatory processes are identified, and the limitations of and contradictions inherent in such processes are examined. Both powerful general trends and significant regional variations are distinguished.
Political and social views of the former prime minister of India.
Collection of essays on central issues raised by the 1969 pearson commission report on the role of development aid and foreign investment in developing countries - covers theoretical aspects of foreign aid, its role in economic development, etc. References.