Footloose Labour: Working in India's Informal Economy
(Part of the Contemporary South Asia Series)
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In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labor market, depend on casual work. By considering two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilization of casual labor, demonstrating that this is characteristic of an employment pattern that dominates the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia. Elaborating on the social profile of the work migrants, the author shows that little has been done to improve their quality of life, which is defined by caste and class relations.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521568242
ISBN13:9780521568241
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:292 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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