Outcast Labour in Asia: Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy

by Jan Breman

Written from 1999 onwards, these essays focus on labour at the bottom of the rural economy, lacking social, economic, and political wherewithal, and their struggles to find a foothold in the urban economy. The author draws on his extensive fieldwork from India, Indonesia, and China. The volume demonstrates that this extremely vulnerable group is largely excluded from a life of dignity, stability, and decent work and the recent policies of globalization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198089430
• ISBN13: 9780198089438
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"