An excellent study commissioned by Novib, and conducted by Dr. Peter van der Werff from the Free University, Amsterdam, and Dr. Vanaja Ramprasad from Bangalore.
They trace the particular developments that have taken place in Bagepalli, leading to a replacement of feudal landlord oppression with opposition to day-to-day Coolie living by the middle peasant Ryot class.
This Report contains an excellent description of how ADATS evolved from 1997 to 1990.