Raising Cane: The Political Economy of Sugar in Western India

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
PART ONE INTRODUCTION
	1 The Problem
		An Anomalous Industry
		Nationalism and Dependency Theory
		Dependent India?
		Agrarian Regions in India
		Political Economy
		Enterprising Peasant Families
		Looking Ahead
		Notes
	2 The Setting
		Malegaon Village c. 1885,
		Rural Life Before the British Raj
		Stratification
		Risk and Mobility
		Competition and Mobility
		Change in the 19th Century
		Conclusion
		Notes
PART TWO SUGAR PRODUCTION BEFORE INDEPENDENCE
	3 Irrigation and Imperialism
		Origin of the Deccan Canals
		The Problem of Unwanted Water
		Fiscal Pressures and Wasted Water
		The Sugarcane Block System
		Cane Blocks and Famine Protection
		Impact of Peasants on Policy
		Notes
	4 Peasants Versus Capitalists
		North India: Origins of the Industry
		The Bombay Deccan: Cane and Gul Production
		The High Cost of Sugarcane
		Management of an Expensive Crop
		Relations of Production
		Origins of the Bombay Sugar Industry
		Reorganization from Below
		Conclusion
		Notes
PART THREE MALEGAON VILLAGE, 1900-1950
	5 Old Elites and New Entrepreneurs
		New Ideas and Movements
		History of the Jagir
		Shambhusingh Jadhavrao
		The Raja and the Sugar Economy
		Keshavrao Taware
		The Nira Valley Sugar Company
		Sugar Magnates
		Idealists and Other Innovators
		Notes
	6 Migration and Economic Mobility
		Migrants with a Leg Up
		Drought and Migration
		Hazards in the Family Cycle
		Family Cycles and Upward Mobility
		Migrant Dhangars: A Success Story
		Less Fortunate Immigrants
		Local Land-Gainers
		Mobility for the Landless
		Local Land-Losers
		Overall Mobility
		Notes
	7 The Pattern of Inequality and Mobility
		Data and Methods
		Economic Mobility and Inequality
		Caste and Mobility
		The Great Depression
		Political Economy So Far
		Notes
PART FOUR COOPERATIVE SUGAR, 1950-1985
	8 The Politics of Sugar
		Sugar Interests at the National Level
		Sugar Interests at the State Level
		The First Cooperative Factories
		Factory Organizers Near Baramati
		Cooperative Organization
		Evolution of Factory Politics
		Cooperatives and State Politics
		Notes
	9 Performance and Impact of a Sugar Co-op
		Economic Rationale
		Growth of the Malegaon Factory
		Malegaon's Other Investments
		Investments by Other Sugar Co-ops
		Impact of the Malegaon Factory: Employment
		Indirect Employment Effects
		Diversification and Mobility
		Changes in Relations of Production
		Changes in Land Distribution
		Nonagricultural Incomes
		Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Expansion
		Notes
	10 Why Do Some Cooperatives Work?
		Regional Differences in Sugar Production
		Technical and Economic Efficiency
		The Basis for a Class Alliance
		Comparisons with Other Types of Co-ops
		Competition and Efficiency
		Competition and Innovation
		Cooperative Factories in the North
		Competition and Accountability
		Notes
PART FIVE CONCLUSION
	11 Revolution from the Middle
		Grass-Roots Development
		The Rise of Progressive Peasants
		Oligarchy and Bureaucracy
		West Bengal
		Uttar Pradesh
		"Living in a Revolution"
		Notes
Appendix on Methods
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Book and Author
Index