Peasants land rights movements of Pakistan
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2008
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Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, PK
Abstract
This working paper documents information available on peasant movements which have occurred in the geographical terrain now called Pakistan. The author understands the colonial encounter as a project of exploitation, of subjugation and of resource-transfer for the benefit of imperial power. The paper provides historical details behind peasant initiatives that challenge this power locus, which includes many agricultural and ethnic communities involved in post-Partition struggles, as well as women’s land rights within these struggles. Land defines social status and political power in local contexts, and it structures relationships both within and outside the household.
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HISTORY, PEASANT MOVEMENTS, LAND TENURE, LAND REFORM, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, WOMEN'S LAND RIGHTS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL WOMEN, LAND RIGHTS, OWNERSHIP, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, COLONIALISM, POLITICAL POWER, ETHNIC GROUPS, PAKISTAN, SOUTH ASIA