Continuity and change: Some observations on the landscape of agricultural labourers in North Bihar, India

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-531

  Jha, Praveen ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural labour; Migration; Neoliberal policies and labour; Political economy of rural labour; Rural labour relations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; LABOR RELATIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; PURNIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4544353421     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2004.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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