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Reimagining Rural Transformation Market Dynamics and Social Inequalities in North India

By Prashant K Trivedi Copyright 2025
200 Pages
by Routledge India

200 Pages
by Routledge India

200 Pages
by Routledge India

This book examines the effects of the pattern of growing integration between the rural and urban economies in India. Drawing on in-depth surveys conducted in villages in north India, it examines the rural agricultural economy's transformation, productivity, technology deployment, and social relations over a period of seven years. The book focuses on the socially embedded nature of the dynamics of... Read more

1. Introduction: The ‘Rural’ and the ‘Transformation’ 2. The Transforming Rural Landscape: The Story of Four Villages 3. Inequality of Opportunities and Outcomes: Demography, Education and Assets 4. Gender, Capital and Occupational Change 5. Market, Caste and Land 6. Agriculture, Productivity and Technology 7. Social Inequalities, Market Dynamics and the State

 

 

 

 

Biography

Prashant K. Trivedi, Associate Professor, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, India.