01015nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100002100041245010600062260003400168300003400202520063500236773003400871260505b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAdhikari, Dipika  a The welfare trap : How indigenous tenure governance undermines justice and environmental stewardship  aEconomic & Political Weekly    a61(16), Apr 18, 2026: p.21-23  aThe state’s neo-liberal cash transfer mechanism engenders natural consciousness among Adivasi peoples, which narrows a comprehensive rights framework to a mere land distribution scheme. This techno-patrimonialism produces three critical problems: it diminishes rights-based tenure governance, establishes Adivasi subjectivity while reinforcing hierarchical and hegemonic governance structures, and damages local ecosystems by alienating communities from their traditional environmental stewardship roles, creating a “reverse environmentality.” –Reproduced 

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