Political Economy of Class, Caste and Gender

ISBN-13: 9781032229065 / Miękka / 2023 / 214 str.

School of Undergraduate Studies Ishita (Assistant Professor

Opis

This book examines the structures of power and hierarchies within the agrarian political economy in India, with a focus on gender.

Spis treści

List of Figures                                                                                     
Acknowledgements                                                                                   

1    Introduction                                                                              
2    Who Is a Labourer? Reconceptualising and Understanding the Agrarian Question of Labour Today           
3    Are All Peasants Even? Mapping Occupational Patterns and Hierarchies                                                         
4    Subsidising Patriarchal Capitalism: Labour Relations of Dalit Women                                                                                                                                                                                    5    Negotiating for Every Penny: Labour Resistance and Struggle                                                                                                                                                                    6    Conclusion    

                                                                        
References                                                                                          
Index

O autorze

Ishita Mehrotra is an independent researcher with interests in political economy of agrarian relations, caste and gender, rural labour relations, labour movements and development theory. Previously, she has taught at the School of Development Studies and the School of Undergraduate Studies at Ambedkar University Delhi, India.