دانلود کتاب Farmers, Subalterns, and Activists: Social Politics of Sustainable Agriculture in India

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Farmers, Subalterns, and Activists
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Images
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
The Promise of Sustainable Agriculture
India’s Sustainable Farming Movement: A Brief Overview
A Gramscian Approach: Sustainable Agriculture in the Context of Hegemony
Case Studies and Methodological Framework
Synopsis
2. India’s Agrarian Crisis: A Gramscian View
Civil Society, Hegemony, and Crises of Authority
Hegemony in Rural India
Origins of the Green Revolution
The Green Revolution in India
The aftereffects and decline of the Green Revolution
Liberalisation and the Agrarian Crisis
Agrarian crisis as ‘crisis of authority’
Conclusion
3. Embedded in Power: Potentials and Constraints of Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture as a Response to Crisis and Challenge to Hegemony
Resources, Political Opportunities, and the Capacity to Mobilise
Mobilising in a Challenging Environment
Challenges of the rural setting
The uneven terrain of Indian civil society
The prominence of NGOs
Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives within Webs of Power Relations
Donor organisations
The state
Middle-class activist networks
Rural elites
The rural subaltern
Conclusion
4. The Kheti Virasat Mission: People’s Movement or Agrarian Populism?
Punjab History: From Green Revolution to Crisis
KVM Origins: Forging an Identity as a ‘People’s Movement’
How does a Movement Differ? KVM’s Structure and Mode of Engagement
The Chiranjivi Gram Abhiyan
‘Our Agricultural Heritage’: Natural Farming and Agrarian Populism
A Movement No More? KVM in Transition
The challenge of natural farming in Punjab
Towards a ‘professional’ approach
Conclusion
5. The Tamil Nadu Organic Farmers’ Movement: The Limits of Participatory Approaches
Regional Context
Revathi: A Teacher’s Journey to Ecological Farming
The 2004 South Asian Tsunami: Consolidating the Facilitative Strategy
Facilitating Community-Based Organisations and Regional Federations
The Demonstration Farm
Long-term Impact in the Cauvery Delta
Conclusion
6. The Beej Bachao Andolan: How ‘Grassroots’ is the Grassroots?
Regional Context
History of Struggle in Garhwal
The Chipko Origins of BBA
From Tree Hugging to Seed Saving
The Philosophy of BBA
Impact: Local, National, and International
Sustaining a Tradition of Activism
Conclusion
7. Conclusion
Glimpses of Food Sovereignty
Within the Fabric of Hegemony
Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Development
Locating the Counter-Hegemonic in Rural India
Bibliography
Index