Introduction. Land, ‘development’ and ‘security’ in Bangladesh and India

Katy Gardner and Eva Gerharz

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Abstract: This introduction to the volume addresses some of the complexities surrounding land acquisition in contemporary Bangladesh and India. By interrogating four conceptual issues concerning current land expropriation, we seek to develop some common ground and to reveal important questions addressed in the articles and beyond. First, we discuss recent theoretical approaches to dispossession and land loss and secondly, the ideological apparatus of contemporary dispossessions—the discursive formations of ‘development’ and ‘security’. Thirdly, by contrasting the historical trajectories of both countries, we also explore the coalitions between states, corporations and the military. Finally, we discuss the ways in which violence and security have played a changing role in displacement.

Keywords: land expropriation; accumulation by dispossession; development discourse; neoliberal state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2016-03-15
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Published in South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 15, March, 2016(13). ISSN: 1960-6060

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