Rural Labour Mobility in Times of Structural Transformation Dynamics and Perspectives from Asian Economies

Rural Labour Mobility in Times of Structural Transformation Dynamics and Perspectives from Asian Economies / edited by D. Narasimha Reddy, Kailash Sarap.

This book examines essential issues and perspectives on rural labour, helping readers understand the changes that are currently taking place in the labour markets, especially with regard to migrants from rural to urban areas, their socio-economic conditions, factors contributing to such mobility and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Reddy, D. Narasimha (Editor), Sarap, Kailash (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Labor economics.
Development economics.
Economic development.
Asia—Economic conditions.
Emigration and immigration.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rural Labour Dynamics and Mobility in Times of Deepening Structural Transformation
  • Part I: Structural Transformation and Labour Dynamics
  • Chapter 1. Structural Transformation and Alternative Pathways to the Lewis Turning Point
  • Chapter 2. Labour and Employment in the Emerging Rural-Urban Continuum in India: Towards a Cohesive Policy
  • Chapter 3 Chinese Land Institutions: Peasant Workers, Industrialization and Urbanisation
  • Chapter 4. Politics of Scale: The Shift from Small Migrant Farmers to Big Organisational Agriculture in Shanghai Suburb
  • Chapter 5. Craft Clusters and Work in Rural India: An Exploration
  • Chapter 6. Casualization and Shift of Rural Workers to Non-farm Activities
  • Chapter 7. Expanding Livelihood Strategies for Marginalised Communities in Rural India: Options, Challenges and Future Direction
  • Part II: Rural - Urban Labour Mobility
  • Chapter 8. The Changing Nature of Rurality: Reframing the Discourse on Migration and Commuting
  • Chapter 9. Out-migration from Hill Region of Uttarakhand: Magnitude, Challenges and Policy Options
  • Chapter 10. Migration as a Coping Strategy for Climatic Stress: A Study of Drought Affected Areas of Odisha
  • Chapter 11. Migration and Development: Rural to Urban Temporary Migration in Gujarat
  • Chapter 12. The Life and Times of Migrant Workers in Chennai
  • Chapter 13. The Uncivil and De-Institutionalising Labour Relations of Accumulation Through Disuse: The Case of Brick Kiln Industry in Telangana.

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