Land Acquisition and Resource Development in Contemporary India

Looks at the nuances of land and resource politics and summarizes the long-standing land acquisition and mining debate.

Shashi Ratnaker Singh (Author)

9781108486927, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 April 2021

188 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.51 kg

This book derives from research and fieldwork in the rural and tribal hinterland of India, particularly in the mineral rich states. It looks at the nuances of land and resource politics and summarizes the long-standing land acquisition and mining debate. It discusses the relevant theoretical arguments from inter-disciplinary perspectives and develops an argument through the case study of Singrauli, a region in Madhya Pradesh in India, that has seen various 'regimes of dispossession' in the last six decades in India. It looks at the legal and policy arguments around right to property, 'fair' compensation, public purpose and the resource curse debate, and at contested 'spaces' (left wing extremism) and resource-capital relationships.

List of tables and maps
List of figures and pictures
Preface
Part I: 1. Introduction: from colonial regime to 'welfare state'
2. State, space and people
3. Land, mines and minerals
4. Land acquisition and resource development in India
5. Resource development and compensation issues
Part II: 6. Singrauli: a 'space' of dependence
7. Singrauli: a development dilemma
8. Administering Singrauli: governance and institutions
9. Land acquisition in the contemporary Singrauli: reflections from the field
Part III: 10. Understanding development
11. Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], Economic growth [KCG], Macroeconomics [KCB], Regional government [JPR], Politics & government [JP], Social issues & processes [JFF]