Political Economy of Development and Environment in Modern India

This book captures the complexities of both development and environment, from the political economy point of view, to offer a broad economic and environmental history of post-independent India. This book is an essential resource for scholars and researchers of history, economic history, environmental studies, and development studies.

Autorentext

Velayutham Saravanan is Professor, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi. Earlier, he had a short stint at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, as Director of School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies (SOITS). He was also associated with the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad and Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lucknow. He is the author of Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India, 17921947 (2017), Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India (2018), Water and Environmental History of Modern India (2020), Environmental History of Modern India: Land, Population, Technology and Development (2022), Colonialism and Wildlife: An Environmental History of Modern India (2023) and Political Economy of Modern South India (under Review). He was also Editor of History and Sociology of South Asia and had published several articles and presented papers at both national and international academic fora.

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Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Acronyms

Measurement

1 Introduction

2 Constitution, Development and the Environment

3 Development Initiatives and Environmental Protection

4 Outcomes of Development and Environment

5 Land and Forest Policies

6 Tragedy of Development and the Environment

7 Conclusion

Bibliography

Glossary

Index