Encountering Land Grab

Taking possession of private land for 'public purpose' by the state is a global phenomenon, but it displaces the people at the local-level. In this book, the author studies the observable fact of land grab for industries in a particular locale of the West Bengal State through field and archive in this multi-sited ethnographic 'journey'.

Autorentext

Abhijit Guha is Senior Fellow at Indian Council of Social Science Research, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.

Klappentext

Taking possession of private land for 'public purpose' by the state is a global phenomenon, but it displaces the people at the local-level. In this book, the author studies the observable fact of land grab for industries in a particular locale of the West Bengal State through field and archive in this multi-sited ethnographic 'journey'.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. How I Became Interested in Land Grab 3. Methods, Materials and Justifications 4. In the Villages 5. At the Land Acquisition Office 6. Clever Dialogues of the Politicians 7. Theoretical Insights or the Lessons Learnt 8. Conclusion