Palanpur
The Economy of an Indian Village
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ISBN:
9780198838074
Publication date:
01/10/2018
Paperback
352 pages
Price: 410.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198838074
Publication date:
01/10/2018
Paperback
352 pages
Christopher Bliss and Nicholas Stern
Rights: OUP UK (Indian Territory)
Christopher Bliss and Nicholas Stern
Description
The analysis of rural markets and the behaviour of those involved in them should be at the centre of the study of the economies of poor countries. This book is about such markets and its main purpose is to examine and develop theories relating to them in the context of an Indian village. By focusing on a particular village, the book analyses some of the many contradictory and grand assertions about the nature and consequences of the 'Green Revolution'.
About the Author
Professor Christopher Bliss is Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His research interests are in economic theory and economic policy, international economics, and development economics.
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern is IG Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He is Director of the India Observatory, Chairman of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Chairman of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and President-elect of the Royal Economic Society (2018-2019). He has also been a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords since 2007.
Christopher Bliss and Nicholas Stern
Table of contents
1: Introduction
2: The Village
3: Theory and India
4: Markets in Palanpur
5: Tenancy
6: Output and Income
7: Wheat: The New Varieties and Practices in Palanpur
8: Wheat: Productivity and Expectations
9: Reflections on Economic Theory
10: A Revisit and some Speculations on the Future
Glossary
References
Index
Christopher Bliss and Nicholas Stern
Features
- This is a paperback edition of the 1982 volume that was the first in a now trilogy of works charting the lives and economic development of this village over seven decades
- Palanpur has become an established part of the discourse on development in India and on development economics as a whole
- Examines an Indian village, particularly its agriculture, from the point of view of theories of economic development
Christopher Bliss and Nicholas Stern
Review
"An important contribution to Indian agricultural economics and to development theory." - Population and Development Review
"A substantial contribution to economic theory ... Bliss and Stern not only provide a fascinating account of how the village economy of Palanpur functions, but also how their findings tie up with economic theory ... [the authors] clearly do deal with real people rather than with the phantom figures that haunt so much economic theory. This is one of the many attractive features of this illuminating and important book." - Amartya Sen, London Review of Books
Description
The analysis of rural markets and the behaviour of those involved in them should be at the centre of the study of the economies of poor countries. This book is about such markets and its main purpose is to examine and develop theories relating to them in the context of an Indian village. By focusing on a particular village, the book analyses some of the many contradictory and grand assertions about the nature and consequences of the 'Green Revolution'.
About the Author
Professor Christopher Bliss is Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His research interests are in economic theory and economic policy, international economics, and development economics.
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern is IG Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He is Director of the India Observatory, Chairman of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Chairman of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and President-elect of the Royal Economic Society (2018-2019). He has also been a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords since 2007.
Reviews
"An important contribution to Indian agricultural economics and to development theory." - Population and Development Review
"A substantial contribution to economic theory ... Bliss and Stern not only provide a fascinating account of how the village economy of Palanpur functions, but also how their findings tie up with economic theory ... [the authors] clearly do deal with real people rather than with the phantom figures that haunt so much economic theory. This is one of the many attractive features of this illuminating and important book." - Amartya Sen, London Review of Books
Table of contents
1: Introduction
2: The Village
3: Theory and India
4: Markets in Palanpur
5: Tenancy
6: Output and Income
7: Wheat: The New Varieties and Practices in Palanpur
8: Wheat: Productivity and Expectations
9: Reflections on Economic Theory
10: A Revisit and some Speculations on the Future
Glossary
References
Index
