Poverty and food security in Gujarat, India
In: The European journal of development research: journal of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Band 23, Heft 1, S. 129-150
ISSN: 0957-8811
In: The European journal of development research: journal of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Band 23, Heft 1, S. 129-150
ISSN: 0957-8811
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In: Development in practice, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 178-188
ISSN: 0961-4524
Agricultural cooperatives have been promoted in India's economic development programme as a means of production while enhancing community cooperation and equity. Focusing on sugar cooperatives in Gujarat state of western India, the author shows that these cooperatives have been successful in promoting large-scale agricultural production and in improving the economic and social standing of their members. As a result, there has been an increased differentiation of the peasantry in South Gujarat. (DSE/DÜI)
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In: Pacific affairs, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 408-430
ISSN: 0030-851X
During 1985 a bitter conflict erupted in India over the "reservation" system, which allocates quotes of educational and government employment positions to the Schedule castes, Scheduled tribes and other backward classes. In Gujarat the Congress Government attempted to legislate an increase in backward class reservations after winning a strong mandate to do so in the state elections. The author describes the political upheavels in Gujarat following the government's legislation attempts and discusses the dilemmas facing those who seek to establish an all-India reservation policy. (DÜI-Sen)
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In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 437-462
ISSN: 0954-1748
In: Pacific affairs, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 408-430
ISSN: 0030-851X
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In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 89
ISSN: 1045-5752
In: Regional development dialogue: RDD ; an international journal focusing on Third World development problems, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 30-38
ISSN: 0250-6505
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 29, Heft 12, S. 2025-2041
ISSN: 0305-750X
This paper critically examines some narratives of water scarcity in Kutch, western India. It argues that images of dwindling rainfall and increasing drought largely serve to legitimize the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam and manufacture dominant perceptions concerning scarcity. This manufacture has naturalized scarcity in the region and largely benefits powerful actors such as politicians, industrialists and large farmers. But the needs of the poor in water-limited areas are neglected. By exploring the various connotations of scarcity, the paper argues that scarcity is both a biophysical phenomenon as well as a powerful discursive construct. (DSE/DÜI)
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In: Basel development studies 3
In: Basel development studies 3
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 41, Heft 7, S. 1163-1192
ISSN: 0022-0388