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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831825303321

Autore

Hans Asha

Titolo

Migration, workers, and fundamental freedoms : Pandemic vulnerabilities and states of exception in india. / / Asha Hans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2021

ISBN

9781000389197

1000389197

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

POL000000POL035000POL070000

Altri autori (Persone)

HansAsha

KannabiranKalpana

MohantyManoranjan

Pushpendra

Disciplina

331.5440954

Soggetti

COVID-19 (Disease)

Marginality, Social

Migrant labor

Migration, Internal

Urban-rural migration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a mass exodus of India's migrant workers from the cities back to the villages. This book explores the social conditions and concerns around health, labour, migration, and gender that were thrown up as a result of this forced migration.  The book examines the failings of the public health systems and the state response to address the humanitarian crisis which unfolded in the middle of the pandemic. It highlights how the pandemic-lockdown disproportionately affected marginalised social groups – Dalits and the Adivasi communities, women and Muslim workers. The book reflects on the socio-economic vulnerabilities of migrant workers, their rights to dignity, questions around citizenship, and the need for robust systems of democratic and constitutional accountability. The chapters also critically look at the gendered vulnerabilities of women and non-cis



persons in both public and private spaces, the exacerbation of social stratification and prejudices, incidents of intimidation by the administration and the police forces, and proposed labour reforms which might create greater insecurities for migrant workers.  This important and timely book will be of great interest to researchers and students of sociology, public policy, development studies, gender studies, labour and economics, and law.