The Changing Village in India - Insights from Longitudinal Research

The Changing Village in India--Insights from Longitudinal Research Himanshu, Praveen Jha and Gerry Rodgers (Eds.) New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2016 This book is a collection of 17 essays, including an Introduction that highlights upon the methodological issues and shortcomings in drawing inferences from village studies. The essays present insights and draw inferences on 'change' over the last 30-40 years. Most of the essays as such do not present fresh findings from field visits; instead, they draw upon studies conducted by the authors themselves and/or by others in the past. The studies pertain mainly to: Tamil Nadu (the Slater studies and others-four papers), Uttar Pradesh-five papers, three on Palanpur village), and Bihar (four papers). There are other studies as well,…