On pauperism in present and past / by Jan Breman

By:

Breman, Jan

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford University Press, 2016. New Delhi:Description: viii, 289 pISBN:

9780199464814

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

339.46 BRE-O

Contents:

1.The village studied at close quarters -- 2.Caring for destitution or not? -- 3.Clearing the city of undeserving poor -- 4.Stuck in Ganeshnagar -- 5.An impoverished workforce driven to vagrancy -- 6.Footloose labouring on the urban fringe -- 7.Pauperism as exclusion -- 8.Under threat of redundancy.

Summary: 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 paupers - not less than one-fifth of the countrys population - living in destitution. Rural and urban case studies conducted in the state of Gujarat highlight the ordeal of these paupers, the non-labouring poor unable to take care of themselves, the migrant labour driven away from the village and back for lack of work, and an urban underclass redundant to demand, often experienced by the better-off as a nuisance.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-2	Non Fiction	339.46 BRE-O (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009663

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1.The village studied at close quarters --
2.Caring for destitution or not? --
3.Clearing the city of undeserving poor --
4.Stuck in Ganeshnagar --
5.An impoverished workforce driven to vagrancy --
6.Footloose labouring on the urban fringe --
7.Pauperism as exclusion --
8.Under threat of redundancy.

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 paupers - not less than one-fifth of the countrys population - living in destitution. Rural and urban case studies conducted in the state of Gujarat highlight the ordeal of these paupers, the non-labouring poor unable to take care of themselves, the migrant labour driven away from the village and back for lack of work, and an urban underclass redundant to demand, often experienced by the better-off as a nuisance.

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