Rural Indian Social Relations A Study of Southern Andhra Pradesh

Name: Rural Indian Social Relations A Study of Southern Andhra Pradesh
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ISBN: 9780195636413

ISBN-10: 0195636414

ISBN-13: 9780195636413

Edition: 1996

Authors: Wendy Kay Olsen

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This work looks at economic behavior in two Indian villages. It empirically compares Marxian theories of semi-feudalism and of compuslive involvement in markets with standard economic theory. Grain markets and formal and informal credit networks in the Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh are examined from these perspectives. Elements of coercion and manipulation by local moneylenders in crop sales by villagers in the late 1980s are contrasted with the assumption that all crop sales are voluntary. Other important issues, such as the subsidized rice schemes of the Andhra state government in the mid-1980s, credit schemes of the central government and broader trends in the development of…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/26/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 5.81" wide x 8.75" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Wendy Olsen is Senior Lecturer at Manchester University, Institute for Development Policy & Managementand Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research.



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Approaches to Distress Sales



Background to the Fieldwork



Food Policies and the Marketing of Paddy and Rice



State and Local Groundnut Market Structure



Credit Relations in Transition



Borrowing and Saving in the Study Area



Interlinkage in Local Exchange Relations



Conclusion



Details of Survey Method



Additional Detailed Tables



Effects of Rationing and Procurement of Rice in AP



Details of Rice Trend and Seasonality Calculations


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Index