Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

Employment and Labour Market in North-East India: Interrogating Structural Changes book cover

1st Edition

Employment and Labour Market in North-East India Interrogating Structural Changes

Edited By Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha, Rajdeep Singha Copyright 2019
422 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

422 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

422 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India
Also available as eBook on:
This book examines the structural changes in the labour market in North-East India. Going beyond the conventional study of tea and agricultural sectors, it focuses on the nature, pattern and structure of work and employment in the region as well as documents emerging shifts in the labour force towards farm to non-farm dynamics. The chapters explore historical developments in employment patterns,... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

Contributors

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Debdulal Saha, Virginius Xaxa and Rajdeep Singha

I. Structure and Patterns of Employment in North-East India　

  1. Labour and Labour Market in North-East India: A Historical Exploration

    2. Virginius Xaxa

  2. Changing Trajectories of Economic Growth and Employment in North-East India: An Empirical Assessment

    3. Anjan Chakrabarti

  3. Structure and Quality of Employment in North-East India: A Socio-Religious Analysis

    4. Ajaya Kumar Naik and Nitin Tagade

  4. Women’s Employment in North-East India: Trends and Patterns

    5. Bornali Borah

    II. Work, Employment and Labour in Industries

  5. Beyond Standard Outcomes: State of Employment and Labour in Tea Industry of Assam

    6. Debdulal Saha, Rajdeep Singha and Padmini Sharma

  6. Work, Control and Mobility in the Manufacturing Industry: A Study of Cement Industry in Assam

    7. Piyali Bhowmick

  7. Fostering Employment in the Handloom Sector in the North-East through Cluster Development: A Case Study of Mizoram

    8. Rama Ramswamy

  8. From Craft to Industry: Understanding the Dynamics of Handloom Weaving in Manipur

    9. Otojit Kshetrimayum

    III. Migration and Labour Mobility

  9. Employment Potentials of Migrant Workers in Meghalaya: An Empirical Exploration

    10. Jajati Keshari Parida

  10. Out-migration and Labour Mobility: Case Studies from Assam

    11. Snehashish Mitra

    IV. Employment Diversification　

  11. Rural Non-Farm Employment in North-East India: A Temporal and Spatial Analysis

    12. Bhagirathi Panda

  12. Trend, Composition and Determinants of Rural Non-farm Employment in Assam and Its Implication for Rural Income Distribution

    13. Anamika Das

  13. Employment Diversification in Tripura

Rajdeep Singha

Index

Biography

Virginius Xaxa is Professor of Eminence and Bharat Ratna Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Chair at Tezpur University, Assam, India.

Debdulal Saha is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Labour Studies and Social Protection, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Off Campus, Assam, India.

Rajdeep Singha is Assistant Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for Labour Studies and Social Protection, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Off Campus, Assam, India.

Add to Cart