Does 'Landlordism' Still Matter? Reflections on Agrarian Change in India

被引:26
作者
Harriss, John [1 ]
机构
[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Sch Int Studies, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada
关键词
landlordism; land reform; caste hierarchy; local politics; India; CASTE;
D O I
10.1111/joac.12024
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学]; 020103 [经济史]; 030301 [社会学];
摘要
The three principal communist parties of India continue, in their programmes, to emphasize the significance of landlordism. This paper subjects their arguments about the current state of agrarian production relations to scrutiny, in the light of contemporary research and scholarship. This strongly suggests that classic semi-feudal' landlordism has very largely gone. The paper argues however, that there remains a strong case for redistributivist land reform, even though it does not supply the answer to the agrarian question of India that once it did. For all the evidence of the declining power of caste hierarchies' and the reduced significance of the village, landed power remains a major factor in Indian politics and society.
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页码:351 / 364
页数:14
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