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POLITICS OF INDEBTEDNESS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

STUDY OF PURULIA DISTRICT

Year: 2012

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viii+180pp

ISBN: 9788175416413

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This book about the condition of indebtedness among the tribals, the indigenous communities of Purulia, will be useful for research scholars and policy makers. A combination of the authors observations while working as a teacher in an educational institution and months of subsequent field work in the district conducted during 2008, it delves into the reasons why politics (defined as the process of allocation of values) has not been successful in ameliorating indebtedness amongst the tribals. It brings to the fore how inward migrants to the region occupied a privileged position in the local socio-economic and political system of the district and assumed the role of agents for the allocating of values (politics) aimed at making a dent in the indebtedness of the tribals, which resulted in establishing an exploitative pattern putting the tribals at the mercy of these inward migrants. Various government schemes including the land reforms have been found to be lopsided and to the disadvantage of the tribals.


About Author

Dr. Binoda Kumar Mishra is a Fellow of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata. Prior to his stint at MAKAIAS, he served as a lecturer in Political Science at Panchakot Mahavidyalaya, Purulia. He is a Ph.D in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and his academic interests include traditional and non-traditional security studies, India-China relations, developmental studies and diaspora studies.
 


Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  

INTRODUCTION

I. COMMUNITIES OF PURULIA: IDENTIFYING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE / 10

II. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE NATIVES / 25

III. POLITICS OF INDEBTEDNESS / 37

IV. INTERVENTIONS: POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT / 75

V. ECONOMIC, SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICT WITHIN THE DISTRICT THE CONTEMPORARY SCENARIO / 100

BIBLIOGRAPHY / 124

Appendices
1.  Final Report of Shri Arup Das, Hon'ble District Judge Purulia, 2000
2.  Affidavit of the Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, 2002 and Five Continuous Pages from the List of Land Allocation to the Tribals
3.  List of Pending Cases Lodged by the Tribals during 2005
4.  Copies of Repeated Pleading for Restoration of Tribal Land Encroached by the Administration
Index


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