In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in
India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of
the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his
local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author
discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and
fired according to the need of the moment, and transferred for the
duration of the job to destinations far away from the home area.
His case-study reveals that the circulation of labour is indicative
of an employment pattern which dominates both the rural and urban
economy of large parts of South Asia. Elaborating on the social
profile of the work migrants, the author argues that their identity
is shaped by both class and caste relations and, despite action by
state agencies, nothing of significance has been achieved to
improve their quality of life.
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