Footloose Labour Working in India's Informal Economy |
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| Author:
| Breman, Jan |
| Series title: | Contemporary South Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-17107-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $270.00 |
Book Description:
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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 labour market, depend on casual work. By considering two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, demonstrating that this is characteristic of an employment pattern which dominates the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia.
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. By considering two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, demonstrating that this is characteristic of an employment pattern which dominates the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia.