Human bondage
Subtitle: tracing its roots in India
By: Lakshmidhar Mishra
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9788132105602
Subjects: Peonage; Poor; Social conditions; Social justice; Land tenure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical perspective; title: Concept and definition; title: Unemployment, underemployment, and income insecurity; title: Poverty, population explosion, hunger, and malnutrition; title: Minimum wage; title: Migration; title: Caste hierarchy; title: Issues; title: Land tenurial system; title: Tribal land alienation; title: Illiteracy; title: Child labour and trafficking; title: Devdasis and Yoginis; title: Credit and indebtedness; title: Globalization, state, and market; title: Policy initiatives; title: Constitutional and legal provisions; title: National policy and implementation of the programme at the state level; title: International instruments and initiatives; title: Public interest litigation and judicial activism; title: Role of voluntary organizations; title: Role of trade unions of workers and employer's organizations; title: Role of media and communication agencies; title: In retrospect and prospect.