Kjosavik, Darley Jose.

Political economy of development in India indigeneity in transition in the state of Kerala / [electronic resource] : Darley Jose Kjosavik and Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business, 2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 168 p.) - Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 98 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Indigeneity in transition : locating indigenous people (adivasis) in the indigeneity : class intersection -- 2. Property rights transitions and alienation of indigenous people's (adivasis') land : pre-colonial period -- 3. Pauperisation and proletarianisation of adivasis : colonial and post-colonial property relations -- 4. Not a frozen class : indigenous people (adivasis) in the Kerala model of development -- 5. Adivasis in a development triangle : decentralisation, neoliberalism and the Kerala model -- 6. Contested frontiers : Adivasi land restitution law and settler narratives -- 7. Re-articulating adivasi land rights and identities : tensions in the indigeneity-class interaction -- 8. Epilogue: The struggle continues : indigeneity and social change.

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Adivasis--Social conditions.--India--Kerala
Economic development--Social aspects--India--Kerala.
Land tenure--India--Kerala.
Postcolonialism--India--Kerala.


Kerala (India)--Economic conditions.
Kerala (India)--Politics and government.