Accumulation and Dispossession - Communal Land in Northeast India

This book sketches a road map of privatisation, accumulation and dispossession of communal land in the tribal areas of North East India from pre-colonial times to the neo-liberal era.

List of contents

Foreword
Introduction
1. Theory and History of Land Privatisation
2. Institutional Dispossession of Communal Land
3. The Patterns of Change
4. Land and Identity
5. Whither Communal Land!
Index

About the author

Asok Kumar Ray is scholar on North East India. He has authored and co-edited several books and has written many research papers on North East. He was a visiting fellow at OKDISCD, Guwahati.
Bhupen Sarmah is Professor-Director of OKDISCD, Guwahati. He is a scholar on North East India and authored books and written research papers on different issues in North East India.
Gorky Chakraborty is faculty at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). He primarily works on development related issues on North East India.

Summary

This book sketches a road map of privatisation, accumulation and dispossession of communal land in the tribal areas of North East India from pre-colonial times to the neo-liberal era.

Product details

• Authors: Gorky Chakraborty, Asok Kumar Ray, Asok Kumar Sarmah Ray, Ray Asok Kumar, Bhupen Sarmah, Sarmah Bhupen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032752266
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275226-6
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, India, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, North East India, Land Privatisation;Identity;North-East India