Sociology of land dispossession: Social capital and livelihoods in transition in Peri-urban Kolkata, India

Chinmoyee Mallik

World Development Perspectives, 2016, vol. 4, issue C, 38-47

Abstract: Based on the land acquisition case of Rajarhat and Singur, this paper seeks to look into the nature of transformation of social capital and its implications for transition of the rural livelihoods. Contrary to the collective action thesis, this paper illustrates how during abrupt economic stress the agrarian economy capitalizes on the structural inequalities. The study suggests that although the pre-existing horizontal linkages are deliberately replaced by linking social capital as a strategy to access the available opportunities, the emergent quality of ties have clearly marginalized the poor and the inherent forms of politically charged exclusions have re-entrenched the earlier forms of patron-client relationship in the livelihood transition process.

Keywords: Social capital; Land dispossession; Rural livelihood; Rajarhat; Singur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2016.12.006

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