| ID | 103171 |
| Title Proper | Spaces of opportunity |
| Other Title Information | state-oustee relations in the context of conservation-induced displacement in central India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Beazley, Kim |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article draws from detailed fieldwork on the recent conservation-induced displacement of a Maharashtrian village in central India to contest the simplicity of conventional treatments of such displacement as a straightforward enactment of state power. Reflecting certain broader theories of power, agency and the state, the case of Botezari village presents a more nuanced reality in which state-society relations were transformed and retransformed. In the village's pre-relocation phase, a set of conducive factors came together to create a small opening which enabled a fundamental reworking of familiar state-oustee power relationships. This opening was ultimately short-lived, with spaces of oustee opportunity to direct change largely closed off in the post-relocation context. However, the villagers' memories of their pre-relocation liberating moment, and the strategic capacity, confidence and expectations honed in that moment, persisted to an extent that challenges the permanency and inevitability of displacement-induced marginalization in the conservation setting. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Affairs Vol. 84, No. 1; Mar 2011: p.25-46 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Affairs Vol. 84, No. 1; Mar 2011: p.25-46 |
| Key Words | Displacement ; Relocation ; Conservation ; India ; Power ; Everyday State |