Down and Out: Labouring Under Global Capitalism

by Jan Breman, Ravi P. Agarwal, Arvind Das, et al.

Poverty is the dominant feature of the working lives portrayed in this book. But the misery of these men, women, and children in India has little to do with the underdevelopment of the past. The poverty here is caused by development and is concentrated mainly in what is referred to as the informal sector of the economy, which is what four-fifths of India's population depends on for its livelihood. It concerns the type of work that requires little...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9053564500
• ISBN13: 9789053564509
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.0" x 8.8"