Why Poor People Stay Poor in Rural South India

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Development and ChangeVolume 11, Issue 1 p. 33-64 Why Poor People Stay Poor in Rural South India John Harriss, John Harriss John Harriss is Lecturer in Social Change in the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia. He did extended field research on agrarian problems in South India and in Sri Lanka in 1973-74, some of it published in Green Revolution? (edited by B. H. Farmer; Macmillan, 1977); and has spent shorter periods in Indonesia and again in South Asia in 1976 and in 1978. He has recently completed a PhD thesis entitled: Capitalism and Peasant Farming, which has been published as Monograph No. 3 in Development Studies (University of East Anglia).Search for more papers by this author John Harriss, John Harriss John Harriss is Lecturer in Social Change in the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia. He did extended field research on agrarian problems in South India and in Sri Lanka in 1973-74, some of it published in Green Revolution? (edited by B. H. Farmer; Macmillan, 1977); and has spent shorter periods in Indonesia and again in South Asia in 1976 and in 1978. He has recently completed a PhD thesis entitled: Capitalism and Peasant Farming, which has been published as Monograph No. 3 in Development Studies (University of East Anglia).Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1980 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1980.tb00788.xCitations: 5 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume11, Issue1January 1980Pages 33-64 RelatedInformation