Human bondage: tracing its roots in India/ Lakshmidhar Mishra.

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Section I: An Overview; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Historical Perspective; 3 -- Concept and Definition; 4 -- Unemployment, Underemployment, and Income Insecurity; 5 -- Poverty, Population Explosion, Hunger, and Malnutrition; 6 -- Minimum Wage; 7 -- Migration; 8 -- Caste Hierarchy; Section II: Issues; 9 -- Land Tenurial System; 10 -- Tribal Land Alienation; 11 -- Illiteracy; 12 -- Child Labor and Trafficking; 13 -- Devadasis and Yoginis; 14 -- Credit and Indebtedness; 15 -- Globalization, State, and Market. Section III: Policy Initiatives16 -- Constitutional and Legal Provisions; 17 -- National Policy and Implementation of the Program at the State Level; 18 -- International Instruments and Initiatives; 19 -- Public Interest Litigation and Judicial Activism; 20 -- Role of Voluntary Organizations; 21 -- Role of Trade Unions of Workers and Employer's Organizations; 22 -- Role of Media and Communication Agencies; 23 -- In Retrospect and Prospect; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.