Footloose labour : working in India's informal economy / Jan Breman.

By:

Breman, Jan

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ; 2.Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: ix, 278 p. : maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521568242 (pbk.)
9780521568241 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

331.544095475 BRE 23 012623

LOC classification:

HD1537.I4 B73 1996

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Summary: Counter In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and fired according to the need of the moment, and transferred for the duration of the job to destinations far away from the home area. His case-study reveals that the circulation of labour is indicative of an employment pattern which dominates both the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia. Elaborating on the social profile of the work migrants, the author argues that their identity is shaped by both class and caste relations and, despite action by state agencies, nothing of significance has been achieved to improve their quality of life. Winner of the Edgar Graham Book Prize 1998.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	331.544095475 BRE 012623 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012623

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.

Counter In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and fired according to the need of the moment, and transferred for the duration of the job to destinations far away from the home area. His case-study reveals that the circulation of labour is indicative of an employment pattern which dominates both the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia. Elaborating on the social profile of the work migrants, the author argues that their identity is shaped by both class and caste relations and, despite action by state agencies, nothing of significance has been achieved to improve their quality of life. Winner of the Edgar Graham Book Prize 1998.

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