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

Breman, Jan

 
9780198089438: Outcast Labour in Asia: Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy
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ISBN 10: 0198089430 ISBN 13: 9780198089438
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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 have only worsened their prospects of escape from this wretched existence.

This book is crucial to the debates about labour and development studies in the current climate of globalization. It raises and answers important questions pertaining to the dynamics of life and work at the lower rungs of society.

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About the Author

Jan Breman is Professor Emeritus and Fellow, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198089430
ISBN 13 
9780198089438
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
404

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