LEADER 04106oam 22006134a 450 001 9910480456003321 005 20210208213458.0 010 $a1-78499-640-8 010 $a1-5261-0958-1 010 $a0-7190-9889-0 010 $a1-78499-702-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000612257 035 $a(EBL)4706470 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001535467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4789584 035 $a(OCoLC)981898711 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59449 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000612257 100 $a20170330e20172016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLabour, state and society in rural India$eA class-relational approach /$fJonathan Pattenden 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2017 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2017 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7586-6 311 $a0-7190-8914-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 166-190) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : poverty and the poor -- A class-relational approach -- Labour, state and civil society in rural India -- Changing dynamics of exploitation in rural South India -- Dynamics of domination in rural South India : class relations at the state-society interface -- Social policy and class relations : the case of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme -- The neoliberalisation of civil society : community-based organisations, contractor NGOs and class relations -- Organisations of labouring class women -- Conclusion : poverty and class. 330 $aBehind India's high recent growth rates lies a story of societal conflict that is scarcely talked about. Across production sites, state institutions and civil society organisations, the dominant and less well-off sections of society are engaged in a protracted conflict that determines the material conditions of one quarter of the world's 'poor'. Increasingly mobile, and often engaged in multiple occupations in multiple locations, India's 'classes of labour' are highly segmented, but far from passive in the face of ongoing processes of exploitation and domination. Drawing on detailed fieldwork in rural South India over more than a decade, the book uses a 'class-relational' approach that focuses on 'the poor's' iniquitous relations with others, and views class in terms of contested social relations rather than structural locations marked by particular characteristics. The book explores continuity and change amongst forms of accumulation, exploitation and domination in three interrelated arenas of class relations: labour relations, the state and civil society. Marginal gains for labour derived from structural change are contested by capital, local state institutions and state poverty reduction programmes tend to be controlled by the dominant class, and civil society organisations tend to reproduce rather than challenge the status quo. On the other hand, elements of state policy have the capacity to improve the material conditions of 'the poor' where such ends are actively pursued by labouring class organisations. It is argued that social policy currently provides the most fertile terrain for redistributing power and resources to the labouring class, and may clear the way for more fundamental transformations. 606 $aSocial sciences and state$zIndia 606 $aSocial classes$zIndia 606 $aPoverty$zIndia 606 $aRural poor$zIndia 607 $aIndia, South 607 $aIndia$xRural conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial sciences and state 615 0$aSocial classes 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aRural poor 676 $a339.4/609548091734 700 $aPattenden$b Jonathan$0978085 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480456003321 996 $aLabour, state and society in rural India$92228139 997 $aUNINA