Outcast labour in Asia: circulation and informalization of the workforce at the bottom of the economy

Drawing from the author's extensive fieldwork, this collection of essays examines labour located at the bottom of the rural socio-economic ladder trying toseek a foothold in the urban economy. The volume demonstrates the ways in which this vulnerable group is excluded from a stable and dignified life. The book also highlights the effects of recent policies of globalization on labour. INDICE: Preface, Publisher's Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Great Transformation in the Setting of Asia; I. The Agrarian Background:; 1.:. Labour and Landlessness in South and Southeast Asia; 2.: The Political Economy of Agrarian Change; II. Peasants on the Move:; 3.: Coming to Kolkata: Pathways to a Better Life or Lost in Dead-end Alleys?; 4.: How to Find Space, Shop Around,and Move Up in the Informal Sector; 5.: Slumlands; III. The Urban Economy andits Workforce:; 6.: The Study of Industrial Labour in Post-colonial India: The Formal Sector; 7.: The Study of Industrial Labour in Post-colonial India: The Informal Sector, a Concluding Review; IV. The Exodus of Rural Labour: 8. TheInformal Sector of India's Economy; 9.: Labour Migration from Rural to Urban China; V. The Dynamics of Exclusion:; 10.: Social Exclusion in the Context of Globalization; 11.: Myths of the Global Safety Net; 12.: The Eventual Return of Social Darwinism; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806632-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 392
• Fecha Publicación: 15/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés