The Political Economy of Uneven Rural Development : Case of the Nonfarm Sector in Kerala, India

The book shows how class relations develop and is a consequence of capitalist development of the rural non-agricultural/non-farm sector (RNFS)---seen as the dialectical relation between the forces and relations of production---as mediated by the state, which produces uneven social and spatial outcomes. Central to the framework for this book are four inter-related conceptual building blocks or themes: social relations of production, productive forces, role of the state and concrete development outcomes of capitalist production in RNFS in the context of class and non-class relations of oppressions. These four conceptual themes follow a logical sequence where each concept evolve in specific contexts within the RNFS; while connected to each other in a dialectical manner; and come together to form the central argument of the book. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Introduction (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 1-27 Rural Nonagricultural/Nonfarm Sector in the International Development Studies Literature (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 29-65 Conceptualizing the Rural Nonfarm Sector: A Critique and Reconstruction (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 67-95 The Coir Industry and Its Social Relations of Production (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 97-144 Productive Forces in the Coir Industry (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 145-186 Development Policies of the Indian State for the Nonagricultural Sector (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 187-231 Development Implications of the Coir Industry in Kerala (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 233-274 The Political Economy of Uneven Development and the Rural Nonfarm Sector (Sudarshana Bordoloi)....Pages 275-310