Dilapidation of the Rural: Development, Politics, and Farmer Suicides in India

Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
List of Photographs
List of Tables
1 Introduction
	1.1 Farmer Suicides in India
	1.2 Politics as a Variable
	1.3 Field and Methodology
	1.4 Scheme of Chapters
	References
2 Making and Unmaking of Self and Prestige: Rural Distress and Suicides in India
	2.1 Introduction
		2.1.1 Bande di anakh: Masculinity and Self in Rural India
		2.1.2 “Embedded” Political Self
		2.1.3 Intermediary Caste-Class “Peasant in Transition”
	2.2 Conclusion
	References
3 Changing Public Spaces and Community in Rural India
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Rural Public Spaces: Hallmarks of Community Building
		3.2.1 Inclusive Exclusion
	3.3 Chaupal as a Public Space
	3.4 Rise of Market Actors and Consumerism
	3.5 Disappearance of Traditional Public Sites
	3.6 Changing Festivals and Ceremonies
	3.7 Conclusion
	References
4 Rural Civic Engagements: Party Politics and Polarization
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Civic Engagements and Farmer Behavior
		4.2.1 Ideological Polarization
		4.2.2 Deepening of Party Politics
		4.2.3 Shifting Caste Equations
	4.3 Changing Nature of Rural Collective Action
	4.4 Conclusion
	References
5 Rural and Agricultural Development: Policy and Politics
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Multiple Definitions of Rural: A Policy Challenge
	5.3 Evolution of State Policy of Rural Development: Five Phases
		5.3.1 Phase One: Developmental State
		5.3.2 Phase Two: Green Revolution and Welfare State
		5.3.3 Phase Three: New Farmers’ Movements, Liberalization, Crisis of Governability
		5.3.4 Phase Four: Neoliberal State
		5.3.5 Phase Five: Inclusive Growth and Focus on Rural Building (2000 Onwards)
	5.4 Conclusion
	References
6 New Allies!: Support Prices, Financialization, and Consumerism
	6.1 Introduction
		6.1.1 Debt and Support Prices
		6.1.2 Rising Agricultural Expenditure
		6.1.3 Financialization of Agrarian Economy
		6.1.4 Consumerism, Market, and Aspirations
		6.1.5 New Marriage Culture
	6.2 Conclusion
	References
7 Contemporary Farmer Agitations: Rural Distress and Identity Quest
	7.1 Introduction
		7.1.1 Farmer suicides or Rural Distress: A Methodological Puzzle
		7.1.2 Contemporary Agitations
		7.1.3 Agrarian Riots
		7.1.4 Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, and Violence
		7.1.5 Rural Identity Crisis
			7.1.5.1 Crisis of Masculinity
			7.1.5.2 Urban Spaces: Unfulfilled Aspirations
			7.1.5.3 Education: A Facilitator for Migration
			7.1.5.4 The Land Question
	7.2 Conclusion
	References
8 Conclusions
	8.1 Methodological Questions
	8.2 Policy Inputs
Index