Rural Labour Mobility in Times of Structural Transformation

D. Narasimha Reddy, a noted development economist, was professor of economics and Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India, where he taught for over two decades. He was Professor, S.R. Sankaran Chair (Rural Labour), during 2012-14 and also ICSSR National Fellow, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, India. His areas of specialization are globalization, WTO and agrarian crisis. His latest publication includes Agrarian Crisis in India. He was a member of the Farmers' Welfare Commission set up by Andhra Pradesh Government to look into the issues of farmers' suicides and agriculture crisis.Kailash Sarap is professor of SR Sankaran Chair (Rural Labour) at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Hyderabad, India. Earlier he was Professor, P.G. Department of Economics, Sambalpur University, India.  He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Namur, Belgium, and Commonwealth Fellow at the University of Oxford, U.K.  He has published a number of articles in leading journals, including the Journal of Peasant Studies, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Development and Change, Economic and Political Weekly, and Indian Economic Review, and authored three books including Interlinked Agrarian Markets in Rural India. He has published articles in various edited books published by Springer (2015) and Oxford University Press (2016). Sarap’s research interests include agrarian relations, land credit and labour markets and natural resources management.

“This book is an interesting read for those seeking to understand the process of economic transition and the challenges ahead in South Asia.” (Abhishek, South Asia Research, Vol. 39 (3), November, 2019)

• Introduction: Rural Labour Dynamics and Mobility in Times of Deepening Structural Transformation.- Part I: Structural Transformation and Labour Dynamics.- Chapter 1. Structural Transformation and Alternative Pathways to the Lewis Turning Point.- Chapter 2. Labour and Employment in the Emerging Rural-Urban Continuum in India: Towards a Cohesive Policy.- Chapter 3 Chinese Land Institutions: Peasant Workers, Industrialization and Urbanisation.- Chapter 4. Politics of Scale: The Shift from Small Migrant Farmers to Big Organisational Agriculture in Shanghai Suburb.- Chapter 5. Craft Clusters and Work in Rural India: An Exploration.-  Chapter 6. Casualization and Shift of Rural Workers to Non-farm Activities.- Chapter 7. Expanding Livelihood Strategies for Marginalised Communities in Rural India: Options, Challenges and Future Direction.- Part II: Rural - Urban Labour Mobility.- Chapter 8. The Changing Nature of Rurality: Reframing the Discourse on Migration and Commuting.- Chapter 9. Out-migration from Hill Region of Uttarakhand: Magnitude, Challenges and Policy Options.- Chapter 10. Migration as a Coping Strategy for Climatic Stress: A Study of Drought Affected Areas of Odisha.- Chapter 11. Migration and Development: Rural to Urban Temporary Migration in Gujarat.- Chapter 12. The Life and Times of Migrant Workers in Chennai.- Chapter 13. The Uncivil and De-Institutionalising Labour Relations of Accumulation Through Disuse: The Case of Brick Kiln Industry in Telangana.