Footloose Labour: Working in India's Informal Economy

by Jan Breman

Book Overview

In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labor market, depend on casual work. By considering two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilization of casual labor, demonstrating that this is characteristic of an employment pattern that dominates the rural and urban economy of large parts of South Asia. Elaborating on the social profile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521568242
• ISBN13: 9780521568241
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"