Political Economy of Class, Caste and Gender: A Study of Rural Dalit Labourers in India

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Ishita Mehrotra (Assistant Professor, School of Undergraduate Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi)

Political Economy of Class, Caste and Gender

A Study of Rural Dalit Labourers in India

Ishita Mehrotra (Assistant Professor, School of Undergraduate Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi)

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Routledge India
25 September 2023

Development studies; Social issues & processes; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology; Agricultural science

This book examines the structures of power and hierarchies within the agrarian political economy in India, with a focus on gender. It analyses various forms of inequalities within rural structures while situating the position of women and Dalit agriculture labourers within these discriminate networks of social exclusion, political marginalisation and poverty.

The book maps the impacts of neoliberal capitalist globalisation on agrarian relations to identify who labourers are and how rural diversification is shaped by class, caste and gender hierarchies specifically in the villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh. It looks at occupational patterns of women workers, labour relations and reconceptualisation of labour. The book documents the experiences of exploitation as well as forms of resistance and collective action of rural women labourers. In doing this, the book deals with processes witnessed across the global South – rural distress, depeasantisation, migration, feminisation of agriculture as well as identity-based inequalities in rural labour markets.

Rich in empirical data, the book will be useful for scholars and researchers of labour studies, women’s studies, political economy, agrarian economy, agrarian sociology, rural sociology, sociology, development studies and political studies.

By: Ishita Mehrotra (Assistant Professor School of Undergraduate Studies Ambedkar University Delhi Delhi)
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032229065
ISBN 10: 1032229063
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.