Down and Out
Down and Out

Author: Jan Breman

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9053564500

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On the condition of workers in the informal sector like textile, diamond, sugar, brick making and construction in and around Surat, Gujarat.

Footloose Labour
Footloose Labour

Author: Jan Breman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-13

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780521568241

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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.

Capitalism, Inequality and Labour in India
Capitalism, Inequality and Labour in India

Author: Jan Breman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-08-15

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1108482414

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Jan Breman analyses labour bondage in India's changing political economy from 1962 to 2017. Focusing on what has happened since Independence, he argues that colonial rule changed the country's agrarian economy. Capitalism has led to progressive inequality, lack of welfare and the exclusion of the dispossessed from mainstream society.

At Work in the Informal Economy of India
At Work in the Informal Economy of India

Author: Jan Breman

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 9780199467716

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With labour being pushed out of agriculture, Jan Breman analyses why, when, and how the massive shift in production and employment came about. The book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the past and present path of capitalism and dwells on the abominable condition of theunorganized workforce and the commodification of labour, familiarizing the reader with the concept of informality and its ramifications. The second part, a compilation of well-established, critical readings in the field by the author, elaborates on themes and issues introduced in the first part ofthe book. Drawing upon detailed field accounts and a critique of the informal sector at both analytical and empirical levels, the author examines different aspects of the labour regime that, in the past decades, has become dominant in the world at large, with serious consequences for the labouringpoor in India.

India Labour and Employment Report, 2014
India Labour and Employment Report, 2014

Author: Institute for Human Development (New Delhi, India)

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789332701205

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This report is the first of a series of biennial publications by the Institute for Human Development and the Indian Society of Labour Economics. It provides an overview of the labor market and employment outcomes that the Indian economy has delivered as it globalized. Rapid economic growth in India over the last quarter century has reduced extreme poverty and modestly improved the quality of life of a large segment of the population. However, large employment deficits remain: most jobs created are of poor quality and low productivity in the informal economy. Further, the gains from growth have been distributed unevenly. Growing inequalities and vulnerabilities have generated widespread insecurity of livelihoods and highlighted weaknesses in prevailing social protection systems. This report concludes that structural changes are slow and difficult, and the potential for equitable growth remains unrealized, hampered by policy inertia, resistance from social and economic interests and rigidities of existing systems and perspectives. The report assesses the gains and losses for labor in the first round of globalization and reveals many markers of progress as well as deep challenges. Effective, responsive, fair, and comprehensive labor and employment policy is vital for sustainable and inclusive development: this is the central message of this report.