TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shrestha,Nanda R.
TI  - Landlessness and migration in Nepal 
T2  - Westview special studies on social, political, and economic development
SN  - 0813376777
U1  - 304.8095496 19
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Boulder
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Migration, Internal
KW  - Nepal
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Peasants
KW  - Rural poor
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; 1 A Profile of Nepal's Agrarian Economy; Resource distribution and migration; A geographical profile; An economic profile; A demographic profile; Field survey procedure; 2 A General Theory of Underdevelopment and Migration; A conceptual background; A review of relevant formulations of migration; A structural theory of migration; Conclusions: three major issues of migration and development; 3 State Policies, Underdevelopment, and Hill Outmigration; Evolution of social formations Roots of underdevelopment of Nepal's agrarian economyOrigin of hill outmigration; Migration and underdevelopment in the present context; Summary; 4 Landlessness and Nearlandlessness: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis; Landlessness and nearlandlessness as a development issue; A theory of landlessness and nearlandlessness; Landlessness and nearlandlessness in Nepal; Some policy implications; 5 The Patrimonial State, Development Planning, and Origins of Land Colonization Policy; The patrimonial state and social origin of land colonization policy; Development planning and land colonization
ER  -