Political economy of development in India [electronic resource] : indigeneity in transition in the state of Kerala / Darley Jose Kjosavik and Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam.

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.