Human bondage: tracing its roots in India
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mishra, L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:FLA01
Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
This book is about human freedom and dignity, the quintessence of human existence. It emphasizes how bonded labour is linked to issues like poverty, hunger, denial of minimum wage and the caste system
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 487 p.)
ISBN:9788132107705
8132107705
9788132105602
8132105605

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text