{"product_id":"dispossession-without-development-michael-levien-9780190859169","title":"Dispossession Without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2019 Global and Transnational Sociology Best Book Award, American Sociological Association\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2019 Political Economy of World System (PEWS) Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association\u003cbr\u003eReceived Honorable Mention for the 2019 Asia\/Transnational Book Award, American Sociological Association\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests against land dispossession. \u003cem\u003eDispossession Without Development \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethat beneath these conflicts lay a profound shift in \u003cem\u003eregimes of dispossession\u003c\/em\u003e. While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed land mostly for public-sector industry and infrastructure, since the 1990s state governments have become land brokers for private real estate capital. Using the case of a village in Rajasthan that was dispossessed for a private Special Economic Zone, the book ethnographically illustrates the exclusionary trajectory of capitalism driving dispossession in contemporary India. Taking us into the lives of diverse villagers in \"Rajpura,\" the book meticulously documents the destruction of agricultural livelihoods, the marginalization of rural labor, the spatial uneveness of infrastructure provision, and the dramatic consequences of real estate speculation for social inequality and village politics. Illuminating the structural underpinnings of land struggles in contemporary India, this book\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewill resonate in any place where \"land grabs\" have fueled conflict in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Levien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190859164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190859169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.19h x 9.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael Levien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981476397311,"sku":"9780190859169","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0abc9a26-d0ed-4430-8bca-987448ae2984.jpg?v=1683255803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dispossession-without-development-michael-levien-9780190859169","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}