Breaking the Chains
Collective action for social justice among the rural poor in Bangladesh
Shows how the landless poor of Bangladesh have worked to determine their own future, independent of the existing power structure. Demonstrates effective organizing by the landless, the results of their action, and thoughts on the way forward.
Published: 1992
Pages: 112
eBook: 9781780444581
Paperback: 9781853390241
| FOREWORD by Famque Ahmed vi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PREFACE vii | |||
| GLOSSARY viii | |||
| PART ONE: INTRODUCTION by Geoffrey D. Wood 1 | |||
| PART TWO: CASE STUDIES by Bosse Kramsjo 35 | |||
| Greater solidarity for greater power 37 | |||
| Fights for legal control ofkhas resources 41 | |||
| Khas ponds; Housing; Rice paddies; A marsh; | |||
| A deep tubewell; Vested land | |||
| Resistance to exploitation by the rich 62 | |||
| Village touts; False claims for religious purposes; | |||
| A fraudulent sharecropper | |||
| Women fight for their rights 70 | |||
| The life of Amena Begum from misery to dignity; | |||
| Women against divorce; An unregistered marriage; | |||
| Dignity and dowry; Literacy | |||
| Increasing wages and incomes 82 | |||
| Food for work; The daily wage; | |||
| Equal pay for equal work | |||
| Income generation 91 | |||
| Popular theatre for mobilization 95 | |||
| Organizational strength for greater power - | |||
| the way forward 100 |
Bosse Kramsjo
Bosse Kramsjo has taught development studies, poverty alleviation, rural development, people's mobilization and organization, food security and the agrarian sector, micro finance, participatory methods, and the role of the development aid worker. He was also a former director of Sida Sando, Sweden.
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