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The Indian State and the Micropolitics of Food Entitlements

Rai, Pronoy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1368004369

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, International Development Studies (International Studies).
The objective of this research is to understand, how people in different socio-economic groups access food, the role of the state in facilitating or hindering access to food, and what constitutes the 'politics of access' to food for people. The data for this research was collected from interviews conducted among four socio-economic groups, and was analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis. This research identified market-based entitlements as the most significant form for all the groups to access food, and identified indigenous laborers as lacking access to major endowments and entitlements, amongst all the groups. Finally, this thesis points to the significance of transfer entitlements across the socio-economic groups, and in doing so details the nature of politics, especially those practiced by the state, that help people gain access to the schemes or denies access to them.
Thomas Smucker, PhD (Advisor)
Haley Duschinski, PhD (Committee Member)
E.Edna Wangui, PhD (Committee Member)
163 p.
Agriculture; Cultural Anthropology; Environmental Justice; Environmental Studies; Geography; Labor Economics; Public Policy; Regional Studies; Social Research; Social Structure; South Asian Studies; Welfare
India; Food Security; Entitlements; Amartya Sen; Maharashtra; Politics; Micropolitics; Hunger; Agricultural Laborers; South Asia; Development; Rural Poverty; Social Welfare; Social Policy; Food Access

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  • Rai, P. (2013). The Indian State and the Micropolitics of Food Entitlements [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1368004369

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rai, Pronoy. The Indian State and the Micropolitics of Food Entitlements . 2013. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1368004369.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rai, Pronoy. "The Indian State and the Micropolitics of Food Entitlements ." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1368004369

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