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Author Mishra, L., 1941-

Title Human bondage : tracing its roots in India / Lakshmidhar Mishra
Published New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 487 pages)
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Peonage -- India
Poor -- India -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Land tenure -- India
Social justice -- India
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
Land tenure
Peonage
Poor -- Social conditions
Social justice
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132107705
8132107705