The agrarian question in a Maoist guerrilla zone: Land, labour and capital in the forests and hills of Jharkhand, India

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 424-450

  Shah, Alpa ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrarian question; Capital; Class differentiation; India; Jharkhand; Labour; Land; Maoist or Naxalite; Modes of production

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAPITAL; FEUDALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

INDIA; JHARKHAND;

EID: 84879394613     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12027     Document Type: Article

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