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Jannuzi, F. Tomasson was born on April 23, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Son of Frank Humbert and Angela Mary (Tomasson) Jannuzi.
( Although much has been written on agrarian reforms in I...)
Although much has been written on agrarian reforms in India, there are few in-depth studies of specific states and none concerning the relevance of agrarian reforms to the economic development and political stability of Bihar— a state containing one-tenth of the people of India, a population comparable in magnitude to that of the United Kingdom or France. F. Tomasson Jannuzi's field research in Bihar, beginning with village-level surveys and interviews in 1956 and extending through repeated visits through August 1970, has enabled him to provide a unique perspective on events and issues associated with the continuing struggle to transform Bihar's agrarian structure. Agrarian Crisis in India is at once a history of post-independence agrarian reforms in an important state of India, a detailed critique of the statutory loopholes that have frustrated successive land-reform measures, and a penetrating analysis of the economic, political, and social implications of the failure of agrarian reforms to be implemented in twentieth-century Bihar. The author's analysis of the case of Bihar provides insights not only into the agrarian crisis in Bihar but also into other agrarian societies in the midst of social and economic transformation. Experts in the field of economic development traditionally have held that the goals of increased production and distributive justice must be approached in sequence. It has been considered almost axiomatic that economic growth will result initially in growing inequalities among classes within a region and among regions within a country. Professor Jannuzi suggests that in Bihar a compelling alternative to this conventional wisdom is an economic-development strategy based on the recognition that the agricultural-production and distributive-justice goals are inseparable and must be addressed simultaneously. He suggests that economic growth in rural Bihar may become impossible if distributive justice continues to be denied to significant sections of the peasantry and, conversely, that distributive justice will prove an illusory target unless economic growth can be assured. Professor Jannuzi recommends the implementation of specified agrarian reforms in Bihar as the prerequisite for meeting the agricultural-production and distributive-justice goals.
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Jannuzi, F. Tomasson was born on April 23, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Son of Frank Humbert and Angela Mary (Tomasson) Jannuzi.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in Economic, University London, 1958.
Field representative for Southern Asia, E. Africa, Foundation For Youth and Student Affairs, New York City, 1959-1961;
assistant representative, The Asia Foundation, New York City, 1961-1962;
program officer for Southern Asia division, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, 1962-1965;
assistant representative for India, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, 1965-1968;
visiting lecturer in economics, University Texas, Austin, 1968-1972;
director at the Center for Asian Studies, National Resource Center for Southern Asia, University Texas, Austin, 1972-1986;
associate professor of economics, University Texas, 1973-1979;
professor of economics and Asian studies, University Texas, 1979-1998;
associate department chairman economics, University Texas, 1995-1997;
professor emeritus economics, University Texas, since 1998. President Asia Research Association Inc., Austin, Texas, since 1985. Visiting fellow International Development Center U. Oxford, United Kingdom, 1989-1992.
Senior associate member St. Antony's College Oxford, 1989. Consultant United States Agency for International Development, Department of State, Defense IntelligenceColl., The World Bank, since 1973.
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Director Austin Council on Foreign Affairs Inc., Texas, since 1987. Member Institute of Current World Affairs, Hanover, N.H., since 1987. Trustee American Institute of Indian Studies, Chicago, 1973-1987, chairman 1979-1981.
Fellow Ford Foundation. Member American Economics Association, Asian Economics Studies (committee), Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Lucille Gallagher, September 15, 1957. Children: Buell Tomasson, Frank Sampson.