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Special Section / Section thématique: Agrarian crossroads: rural aspirations and capitalist transformation / Sociétés agraires à la croisée des chemins : aspirations rurales et transformation capitaliste

Compounding aspirations: grounding hegemonic processes in India's rural transformations

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Pages 144-160 | Received 28 Feb 2019, Accepted 09 Aug 2019, Published online: 16 Oct 2019

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