Human bondage : tracing its roots in India /

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Human Bondage: Tracing its Roots in India is an in-depth study of bonded labour with special focus on how the system exists in India. The book provides us with a detailed analysis of the historical, social and cultural context in which bondage has developed. The author discusses the socio-economi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mishra, L.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011.
Subjects:
Peonage > India.
Poor > India > Social conditions > 21st century.
Land tenure > India.
Social justice > India.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical perspective
  • Concept and definition
  • Unemployment, underemployment, and income insecurity
  • Poverty, population explosion, hunger, and malnutrition
  • Minimum wage
  • Migration
  • Caste hierarchy
  • Land tenurial system
  • Tribal land alienation
  • Illiteracy
  • Child labour and trafficking
  • Devadasis and Yoginis
  • Credit and indebtedness
  • Globalization, state, and market
  • Constitutional and legal provisions
  • National policy and implementation of the program at the state level
  • International instruments and initiatives
  • Public interest litigation and judicial activism
  • Role of voluntary organizations
  • Role of trade unions of workers and employer's organizations
  • Role of media and communication agencies
  • In retrospect and prospect.

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