Special economic zones and accumulation by dispossession in India

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 454-483

  Levien, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation by dispossession; Agrarian transformation; India; IT industry; Land broker state; Special Economic Zones

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND MARKET; PROPERTY MARKET;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 80053078115     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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