Beyond Urban Bias / Edition 1

by Ashutosh Varshney

Overview

First Published in 1993. This title sets out to spark debate and learn from the urban bias theory. The author suggests that recent political economy research suggests that it is time to redefine the problem of urban bias. Viewed as a collective engagement with the urban bias theory, this volume presents the new research along with the responses of Bates and Lipton. These studies do not add up to an alternative theory of why the state behaves the way it does towards the countryside. They do, however, point to the factors that need careful attention in future research. These papers can be seen as building blocks for the construction of an alternative theory of 'the state and agriculture'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714645117
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1993
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ashutosh Varshney is Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction, Ashutosh Varshney; Part 2 Cases; Chapter 2 The Origins of Agricultural Policy in Ivory Coast 1960'“86, Jennifer A. Widner; Chapter 3 Exceptions to Urban Bias in Latin America:, Forrest D. Colburn; Chapter 4 Economic Structure and the Politics of Sectoral Bias, Moore Mick; Chapter 5 Reform and Urban Bias in China, Jean C. Oi; Chapter 6 Rural Bias in the East and South-east Asian Rice Economy, C. Peter Timmer; Chapter 7 Self-Limited Empowerment, Varshney Ashutosh; Part 3 Commentary; Chapter 8 'Urban Bias', Robert H. Bates; Chapter 9 Urban Bias, Michael Lipton;