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The transition from a rural–agrarian to an urban–industrial mode of existence in late twentieth century forced large masses of people out of the countryside to the fringes of urban landscape.
Drawing from his extensive fieldwork in India, China, and Indonesia, Breman demonstrates how these migrants, confined to the informal sector, eke out a living with low wages, erratic work hours, and little institutional support. He argues that the insecure nature of their work forces them to return to their places of origin making labour migration effectively labour circulation. The growing saturation of work in the informal sector, the intolerance of the urban population towards the poor in their midst, and the apathy of policymakers have ensured that these masses are unable to escape their predicament.
ISBN - 9780198066323
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