Labour, State and Society in Rural India: A Class-Relational Approach

Pattenden, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 1526133830 / ISBN 13: 9781526133830

Published by Manchester University Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Labour, State and Society in Rural India: A Class-Relational Approach
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526133830
• ISBN 13: 9781526133830
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in rural South India, the book uses a 'class-relational' approach to analyse continuity and change in processes of accumulation, exploitation and domination. By focusing on the three interrelated arenas of labour relations, the state and civil society, it explores how improvements can be made in the conditions of labourers working 'at the margins' of global production networks, primarily as agricultural labourers and construction workers. Elements of social policy can improve the poor's material conditions and expand their political space where such ends are actively pursued by labouring class organisations. More fundamental change, though, requires stronger organisation of the informal workers who make up the majority of India's population.

About the Author

Jonathan Pattenden is Lecturer in Politics and International Development at the University of East Anglia