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Author:   Himanshu (, Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) ,  Praveen Jha (, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) ,  Gerry Rodgers (, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.730kg
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9780199461868

ISBN 10:   0199461864
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   December 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface; 1: Introduction (Himanshu, Praveen Jha, and Gerry Rodgers); 2: The Story of the 'Slater Village' Studies of Agrarian Change in Tamil Nadu, and Methodological Reflections upon Them (John Harriss); 3: Plain Tales from the Plains: A Personal Account of Researching in Rural Bijnor over Three Decades (Patricia Jeffery); 4: Strengths and Weaknesses of Long Term Village Studies: Reflections on Methods and Research Design from Studies in Bangladesh (Shapan Adnan); 5: How Lives Change: Six Decades in a North Indian Village (Himanshu and Nicholas Stern); 6: Four decades of village studies and surveys in Bihar (Gerry Rodgers, Sunil K Mishra, and Alakh N. Sharma); 7: A Forgotten 'Revolution': Revisiting Rural Life and Agrarian Change in Haryana (Surinder S. Jodhka); 8: Assessing Change: Land, Labour, and Employment in an Eastern UP Village, 1994-2012 (Ravi Srivastava); 9: Thirty Years On: Work and Well-Being in Rural Bihar (Praveen Jha and Avanindra Nath Thakur); 10: Rural Tamil Nadu in the Liberalization Era: What Do We Learn from Village Studies? (John Harriss and J. Jeyaranjan); 11: Non-farm Diversification, Inequality, and Mobility in Palanpur (Himanshu, Peter Lanjouw, Rinku Murgai, and Nicholas Stern); 12: Rural Gounders on the Move in Western Tamil Nadu: 1981-2 to 2008-9 (Judith Heyer); 13: Changes in Rural Labour Markets in Bihar: 1981-2011 (Janine Rodgers); 14: Migration from Rural Bihar: Insights from a Longitudinal Study (1981-2011) (Amrita Datta); 15: Public Services, Social Relations, Politics, and Gender: Tales from a North Indian Village (Dipa Sinha, Dinesh Tiwari, Ruchira Bhattacharya, and R. Kattumuri); 16: Caste and Land Distribution: Results from a Village Resurvey in Maharashtra, 1964-2007 (R. Ramakumar); 17: Ideas and Substance in Rural-Urban Economic Relations: The Contribution of a Long-term Urban Study in South India (Barbara Harriss-White); About the Editors & Contributors

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Himanshu is an Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Praveen Jha is a Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Gerry Rodgers is a visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi

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