The political construction of extractive regimes in two newly created Indian states: A comparative analysis of Jharkand and Chattisgarh

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Adhikari, Anindita and Chhotray, Vasudha (2020) The political construction of extractive regimes in two newly created Indian states: A comparative analysis of Jharkand and Chattisgarh. Development and Change, 51 (3). pp. 843-873. ISSN 0012-155X

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Abstract

This article presents a multidimensional account of the politics of resource extraction in two subnational regions of India in response to the question: what are the political conditions that facilitate extraction? Emerging from the same moment of state creation in 2000, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are adjacent mineral-rich states with similar demographic profiles and comparable levels of economic development. The authors argue that despite these similarities and India's highly centralized legislative framework for natural resource governance, the two states have developed distinctive ‘extractive regimes’ in the years since statehood, which contrast in important ways across three dimensions: political organization and history, institutional effectiveness, and the nature and management of social resistance. The article offers the first in-depth, comparative account of how subnational territorial reorganization in India acts as a critical juncture enabling the formation of extractive regimes, which have also converged in important ways in recent years.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: development,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3303
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > The State, Governance and Conflict
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
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Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2019 12:10
Last Modified: 14 May 2023 00:10
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72876
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12583

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