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Rural Labour Relations in India

PUBLISHER Routledge (04/29/1999)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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This volume is about the emerging development trajectories of rural labour relations in India, based on studies from its regions and states. Its overarching theme is the rural class conflict and the results of such conflict, and the link between this and the nature and impact of state intervention. Vigorous emancipatory processes are identified, and the limitations of and contradictions inherent in such processes are examined. Both powerful general trends and significant regional variations are distinguished.
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ISBN-13: 9780714649832
ISBN-10: 071464983X
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 376
Carton Quantity: 16
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development
Business & Economics | Sociology - Rural
Business & Economics | Labor & Industrial Relations
Dewey Decimal: 331.043
Library of Congress Control Number: 99019731
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This volume is about the emerging development trajectories of rural labour relations in India, based on studies from its regions and states. Its overarching theme is the rural class conflict and the results of such conflict, and the link between this and the nature and impact of state intervention. Vigorous emancipatory processes are identified, and the limitations of and contradictions inherent in such processes are examined. Both powerful general trends and significant regional variations are distinguished.
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Editor: Lerche, Jens
Jens Lerche is Senior Lecturer in the Development Studies Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. He works on agrarian change, labour and caste in India, particularly in UP. His recent publications include articles on agrarian transition and agrarian crisis; work hierarchies and social mobilisation; and affirmative action for low castes, all in an Indian context. He is an editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change and has edited books on UP and Agrarian Transition and Labour in India.
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Editor: Kapadia, Karin
Karin Kapadia works for the World Bank as their South Asia Gender Advisor.
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