Structural Transformation and Agrarian Change in India (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) - 9781138913677

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The landlord and his emaciated labourer are symbolic of Indian agriculture. However, this relationship has now changed as large landowners have fallen from their superior position. This volume explores how this emblematic pair becoming a thing of the past. Structural Transformation and Agrarian Change in India investigates whether family labour farms are gaining prominence as a consequence of the structural transformation of the economy. The authors work alongside Weberian methodology of ideal types and develop different types of family farms; among them family labour farms that rely mainly on family workers, contrasted with capitalist farms that depend on hired labour. Agriculture is shrinking as a part of the total GDP at the same time as agricultural labour is shrinking as part of the total labour force. The changing agrarian structure is explored with the use of unique long-term survey data and statistical models. Results show that India is approaching farm structures that are typical of East and South East Asia, with pluriactive smallholders as the norm. This book successfully criticizes popular narratives about Indian agricultural development as well as simplistic evolutionist, Marxist or neoclassical prognoses. It is of great importance to those who study development economics, development studies and South Asian economics.


  • | Author: G÷ran Djurfeldt, Srilata Sircar
  • | Publisher: Routledge
  • | Publication Date: Sep 27, 2016
  • | Number of Pages: 178 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Hardcover
  • | ISBN-10: 1138913677
  • | ISBN-13: 9781138913677
Author:
G÷ran Djurfeldt, Srilata Sircar
Publisher:
Routledge
Publication Date:
Sep 27, 2016
Number of pages:
178 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN-10:
1138913677
ISBN-13:
9781138913677