Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change (Agrarian Change and Peasant

Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change (Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies Series)

Development processes are never neutral. They impact various groups and classes of people differently. A high food price may benefit some rich peasants who produce and sell food surplus, but it may disadvantage landless rural laborers. A project on irrigation may benefit those who own the land, but not the landless tenants. Nowadays, official documents by governments and development agencies tend to lump different groups of people into vague categories like â€œrural poorâ€. This might be useful in some cases, but in large part this thinking can harm the poorest of the poor.

Using Marxâ€™s theory of capitalism, Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change argues that class dynamics should be the starting point of any analysis of agrarian change. It provides an accessible introduction to agrarian political economy while showing clearly how the argument for â€œbringing class back inâ€ provides an alternative to inherited conceptions of the agrarian question. It illustrates what is at stake in different ways of thinking about class dynamics and the effects of agrarian change in todayâ€™s globalized world.
Country USA
Manufacturer Kumarian Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781565493568
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change (Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies Series)