Contents

pp v-vi

Acronyms and Abbreviations

pp vii-ix

About the Authors

pp x-xii

INTRODUCTION

pp 1-12

PART 1 - INDIAN RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS

pp 13-14

Identifying Livelihoods in Rural India

pp 15-30

The Institutional Embeddedness of Indian Rural Capitalism

pp 31-62

PART 2 - INEQUALITY IN RURAL INDIA

pp 63-64

Social Capital and Poverty Reduction Strategies: The Case of Rural India

pp 65-95

An Overview of Indian Microfinance

pp 96-112

Income-based Estimates vs Consumption-based Estimates of Poverty: Evidence from Rural Tamil Nadu after Liberalization

pp 113-149

Occupational Diversification of the Rural Workers: Some Results from Field Surveys in West Bengal

pp 150-173

Literacy and Externalities in Human Development

pp 174-196

PART 3 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND IDENTITIES

pp 197-198

The Social Context of Politics in Rural West Bengal (1947–92)

pp 199-228

Agrarian Expansion under Colonial Rule and its Impact on a Tribal Economy

pp 229-258

Acting on Institutions to Preserve Agricultural Biodiversity: The Syngenta Controversy in Chhattisgarh

pp 259-286

The Conflicting Opinions of the Colonial Bureaucracy over the Paraiyans Right over ‘Waste’ in late 19th Century Tamil Nadu

pp 287-312

Appendix 1 - Socio-Economic Indicators of Rural India

pp 313-313