Author: Debal Singharoy
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Keywords: india, colonial, post, movements, peasants
Number of Pages: 275
Published: 2004-05-25
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 0761998268
ISBN-13: 9780761998266

This is an investigation of the anatomy and internal dynamics of peasant movements in India. It makes a comparative analysis of the Tebhaga (Bengal, 1946-47), Telengana (Andhra, 1948-52) and Naxalite (North Bengal, 1967-71) movements to study the ways in which grassroots mobilizations transform and institutionalize themselves, forge new collective identities and articulate new strategies for survival and resistance. The author uses empirical data and secondary research to argue that radicalism in peasant movements is in inverse proportion to institutionalization. As spontaneous expression