Human bondage: tracing its roots in India/
Mishra, L.
Human bondage: tracing its roots in India/ Lakshmidhar Mishra. - New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011. - xix, 487 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
9788132105602 (hard back) 8132105605 (hard back)
Peonage--India.
Poor--Social conditions--India
Land tenure--India.
Social justice--India.
331.10954 / MIS/H
Human bondage: tracing its roots in India/ Lakshmidhar Mishra. - New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011. - xix, 487 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
9788132105602 (hard back) 8132105605 (hard back)
Peonage--India.
Poor--Social conditions--India
Land tenure--India.
Social justice--India.
331.10954 / MIS/H