Shrestha, Nanda R. <br/><br/>
Landlessness and migration in Nepal  

 - Boulder :  Westview Press,  1990. 
 - xx, 284 p. :  maps ;  22 cm. 
 - Westview special studies on social, political, and economic development .
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813376777 9780429693571 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Migration, Internal--Nepal.<br/>Land tenure--Nepal.<br/>Peasants--Nepal.<br/>Rural poor--Nepal.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Nepal--Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.8095496  / SHR/L