Forty Years of Change in Rural South India

T. Scarlett Epstein ()
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Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2003, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Meant to be a tribute to M. N. Srinivas, this paper presents a longitudinal study of over forty years of the different paths of development of socio-economic changes that were triggered off by the Krishnarajasagar irrigation scheme in two South Indian villages that are situated near each other and are also similar in terms of social composition: Wangala, a village where access to canal water facilitated the growing of sugarcane and paddy as cash crops, and Dalena, where lands remained dry because they lie above the canal levels. In Wangala irrigation has reinforced traditional patron-client relationships and thus resulted in continuing village introversion. To benefit from the regional economic growth resulting from irrigation Dalena villagers had to diversify their activities and seek contacts with the wider economy. This village extroversion led to a breakdown in the social fabric.

Date: 2003
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