Singh Birinder Pal (120 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Problem of political violence: some reflections. 2. Sikh militant movement. 3. The state in India. 4. Dialectic of militant violence. 5. Making sense of the discourse of violence. Epilogue: division of the body and the soul. Select Bibliography. Glossary. "The problem of Sikh militancy during the 1980s not only rocked the nation but assumed international significance. A voluminous literature is available under the titles of Punjab problem or crises, all condemning violence. Those on the side of the state held the militants responsible for violence and those being soft towards the militants fixed the responsibility on the Indian state. But none of these studies focused on the problem of violence per se. What was the nature of violence? Who perpetrated it? And why violence at all? For the first time an attempt has been made to understand the Punjab problem through an understanding of violence. It is an exercise to approach the problem from the perspective of the 'condemned other', the militants. Why did they take to violence? On whom did they inflict the violence? Was there a logic in their violence? How did they legitimize violence? And, to what purpose? etc. The present study looks at this violence in the form of a discourse between two opposing camps, the Sikh militants and the Indian state. An analysis of the nature and type of violence spread over a span of a decade and a half resulted in the emergence of distinct patterns. And, matching these patterns on the two sides proved meaningful that are later explained in terms of the economic, political, legal-administrative, social, cultural, religious and historical aspects of the Punjabi society." (jacket). …

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Contents Introduction 1 Class Conflict and Change Profile of a Village in West Punjab Ahmad Salim 2 Impact of Colonial Capitalism on the Peasantry in West Punjab Lubna Saif 3 Globalization and Agriculture Some Propositions Aijaz Ahmad 4 Indias Granary Devastated Punjab under Neo Liberal Economic Reforms Utsa Patnaik 5 Whom and What to Fight Indian Farmers Collective Action under Liberalization and Globalization Staffan Lindberg 6 Farming Crisis and Farmers Suicide in Punjab An Examination of Institutional Dimensions Sukhpal Singh 7 Corporate Agriculture Farming in West Punjab A Serious Threat to Small Peasants Zia ur Rehman 8 Anjuman Mazarain Punjab The Struggle Continues Aasim Sajjad Akhtar 9 Punjab Peasantry and the Green Revolution An Activists Perspective Balkar Singh Dakaunda and Pashaura Singh Sidhupur 10 Viability Crisis of the Small and Marginal Farmers and Responses of the Farmers Movement in Punjab Sucha Singh Gill 11 Sikh Militant Violence A Manifestation of the Economic Crisis in Punjab Birinder Pal Singh 12 Burden of Tradition and Vision of Equality Political Sociology of Jutt Dalit Conflicts in Punjab Ronki Ram 13 Des Hoya Pardes The Crisis of Punjabi Peasantry and Sikh Emigration Since the 1970sDarshan Singh Tatla 14 Johl Diversification Scheme A Critique Harjinder Singh Shergill 15 Beyond Crisis Rethinking Contemporary Punjab Agriculture Surinder Singh Jodhka Index Over the last two decades thousand of peasants in the Indian Punjab have sacrificed themselves at the altar of the nation feeding the teeming millions This state the harbinger of Green Revolution in the country was the model for the rest of the nation for revolutionizing agriculture in a colonized traditional society The volume also deliberates upon the critical issues of the erstwhile Punjab across the border now called West Punjab Four papers in this volume reflect upon different aspects of the peasantry there The two Punjabs are now afflicted with numerous aliments social economic and political The farmers are committing suicides The economic returns from the over exploited land are not rising in a proportionate manner to their expectations and expenditures Globalization has added fuel to the fire The governments in India and Pakistan are not dealing with these issues protecting the interests of the peasantry The younger generation is opting out of agriculture and migrating abroad in search of employment and better life What is the crisis that peasantry in the two Punjabs is confronting What are its roots and its manifest forms In this volume an attempt has been made to bring together ideas and arguments of activists and scholars from different disciplines specializing in sociology economics political science history and literature all sharing their concern for peasantry A large canvas of issues that have brought turmoil in the lives of peasantry like agricultural policy globalization indebtedness poverty suicides caste conflicts militancy violence migration etc have been deliberated upon in this volume 376 pp.…

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