At Work in the Informal Economy of India(Reprint) A Perspective from the Bottom Up (OIP) by JanBreman Paperback, 467 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-946771-6, ISBN: 0-19-946771-4
"With labour being pushed out of agriculture, Jan Breman analyses why, when, and how the massive shift in production and employment came about. The book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the past and present path of capitalism and dwells on the abominable condition of the unorganized workforce and the commodification of labour, familiarizing the reader with the concept of informality and its ramifications. The second pa ..."
The Long Road to Social Security(1st Edition) Assessing the Implementation of National Social Security Initiatives for the Working Poor in India by K.P. Kannan, JanBreman Hardcover, 552 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-809031-1, ISBN: 0-19-809031-5
"This book is about social security, or the lack of it, for the labouring poor in India. It is a critical study of the working of two flagship national social security schemes initiated by the Government of India, namely, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), and the national health insurance scheme called the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY). Fresh contributions made by senior scholars and researchers, these essays ..."
Labour Bondage in West India(1st Edition) From Past to Present by JanBreman Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2007 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-568521-3, ISBN: 0-19-568521-0
"On the basis of his new fieldwork done in south Gujarat between 2004 and 2006, Jan Breman critically analyses the historical roots of the ongoing subordination of the rural poor in what has come to be recognised as a booming economy."
Outcast Labour in Asia(1st Edition) Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy by JanBreman Paperback, 404 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-808943-8, ISBN: 0-19-808943-0
"Written from 1999 onwards, these essays focus on labour at the bottom of the rural economy, lacking social, economic, and political wherewithal, and their struggles to find a foothold in the urban economy. The author draws on his extensive fieldwork from India, Indonesia, and China. The volume demonstrates that this extremely vulnerable group is largely excluded from a life of dignity, stability, and decent work and the recent policies ..."
"Pauperism and pauperization are two of the most persistent and widespread phenomena in India. While a fierce debate rages on the line separating the poor from the non-poor, there is scant discussion on the huge mass of paupersnot less than one-fifth of the countrys populationliving in destitution. Rural and urban case studies conducted in the state of Gujarat highlight the ordeal of these paupersthe non-labouring poor unable to take car ..."
"In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and fired according to the need of the moment, and transferred for the duration of the job to destinations far away from t ..."
Contemporary South Asia(Updated) Footloose Labour: Working in India's Informal Economy Series Number 2 by JanBreman Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-56083-2, ISBN: 0-521-56083-7
"In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual labour, which is hired and fired according to the need of the moment, and transferred for the duration of the job to destinations far away from t ..."
""De betrouwbaarheid van informatie in een kastesamen- leving in Gujarat, India"
[The reliability of information in a caste society in Gujarat, India], in S.G., vol. 12,
167-74 J. C. BREMAN AND A.T.J. NOOIJ "Slavery as a System of Production in ..."
Outcast Labour in Asia Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy by JanBreman Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2010 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-806632-3, ISBN: 0-19-806632-5
"Written over the last ten years, these essays focus on labour at the bottom of the rural economy, lacking social, economic, and political wherewithal, and their struggles to find a foothold in the urban economy. The author draws on his fieldwork from India, Indonesia, and China. The volume demonstrates that this extremely vulnerable group is largely excluded from a life of dignity, stability, and decent work and the recent policies of g ..."
"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Want, disease, ignorance, squalor, and idleness: first recognized together in mid-nineteenth-century Europe, these are the focus of the Social Question. In 1942 William Beveridge called them the “giant evils” while diagnosing the crises produced by the emergence of industrial society. More recently, during the final quarter of the twentieth century, ..."
"In a compelling account of the lives of those at the bottom of Indian society, the authors explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background that led to such a definition and their position in India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists. The book promises to make a major contribution to the s ..."
"Successive Indian governments, from right and left, have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued, accessible and sometimes controversial examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Rob Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation. He contends that while democracy and liberalisation are no longer consi ..."
"In those African, Asian, and Latin American countries where the transition from an agrarian to an industrial society is not yet complete, the agrarian question remains at the center of economic and political discourse. This volume of papers by leading economists, sociologists, and historians presents varying interpretations of the question from a specifically Asian context. Looking in detail at China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Ko ..."
The Poverty Regime in Village India Half a Century of Work and Life at the Bottom of the Rural Economy in South Gujarat by JanBreman Hardcover, 544 Pages, Published 2007 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-569083-5, ISBN: 0-19-569083-4
"This book is an in-depth study on the changing nature of poverty of the landless rural proletariat in the agriculturally and industrially developed region of south Gujarat. On the basis of his fieldwork, the author argues against the viewpoint that economic reforms from the 1990s onwards have substantially decreased poverty."
Taming the Coolie Beast Plantation Society and the Colonial Order in Southeast Asia by JanBreman Hardcover, 374 Pages, Published 1989 by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-562365-9, ISBN: 0-19-562365-7
Patronage and Exploitation Changing Agrarian Relations in South Gujarat, India (Hardback) by JanBreman Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 2021 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-36599-5, ISBN: 0-520-36599-2
"This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact."
"Gyan Pandey's latest book is a compelling examination of the violence that marked the partition of India in 1947, and how the preceding events have been documented. In the process, the author provides a critique of history-writing and nationalist myth-making. He also investigates how local forms of community are established by the way in which violent events are remembered and written about. The book will be of interest to historians o ..."
At Work in the Informal Economy of India(1st Edition) A Perspective from the Bottom Up by JanBreman Hardcover, 536 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-809034-2, ISBN: 0-19-809034-X
"Informal labour translates as labour or employment that is not regular. Labour in the informal sector is casual, insecure, and unprotected. This book brings to light the plight of the landless and land-poor peasants in the informal economy in India. While discussing the labour being pushed out of agricultural production, Jan Breman contextualizes why, when, and how this transition occurred. The book is a result of anthropological fieldw ..."