‘Ways of Seeing’—Policy paradigms and unfree labour in India
| Autor: | Bindhulakshmi Pattadath, Lorena Arocha, Roshni Chattopadhyay, Meena Gopal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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unfree labour Context (language use) ‘ways of seeing’ workers’ collective efforts 060104 history Precarity State (polity) Political science 050602 political science & public administration 0601 history and archaeology bonded labour media_common 05 social sciences Caste Rural setting lcsh:Law 06 humanities and the arts slavery 0506 political science Work (electrical) Political economy Political Science and International Relations Law Social structure lcsh:K |
| Zdroj: | Anti-Trafficking Review, Iss 15, Pp 137-153 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2287-0113 2286-7511 |
| DOI: | 10.14197/atr.201220158 |
| Popis: | This article traces the trajectory of different initiatives to address unfree labour and their impact on workers’ capacity to aspire to and exercise their rights in India. We attempt to understand the dimensions and effects of different ‘ways of seeing’ precarity and exploitation within the larger context of economic policies, social structures such as caste-based discrimination, gender-based violence, and state indifference. In a caste and gender-unequal society such as India, with deep regional disparities, we examine how different lenses have impacted on development-led historical processes of informalisation and flexibilisation of work. We do this by contrasting two different ‘models’ in the country, one in the north in a rural setting and the other in the west in an urban context. Context is important, but the organisations and activists involved in our two case studies saw their role and that of workers differently, operating according to distinct goals and working practices. Our research demonstrates that ‘ways of seeing’ matter, as they lead to disparate results in terms of workers’ capacity to mobilise and claim their rights. |
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