Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood Issues and Challenges
The book explores the debates surrounding sustainable livelihood in the neoliberal era effected through transformation of the nature of work and the role of institutions, particularly in the Global South. By creating gainful work and employment opportunit
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Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha and Rajdeep Singha
Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood Issues and Challenges of Transformation
Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood
Virginius Xaxa • Debdulal Saha • Rajdeep Singha Editors
Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood Issues and Challenges of Transformation
Editors Virginius Xaxa Sociology/Social Work Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam, India
Debdulal Saha Centre for Labour Studies & Social Protection Tata Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati, Assam, India
Rajdeep Singha Centre for Labour Studies and Social Protection Tata Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati, Assam, India
ISBN 978-981-10-5755-7
ISBN 978-981-10-5756-4 (eBook)
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Preface
This book evolved from the annual thematic conference of the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD), University of Kassel, Germany. The conference, organized by the Centre for Labour Studies and Social Protection (CLSSP) of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati campus, was held on 19–20 February 2016. ‘Decent Work and Sustainable Development along Rural-Urban Gradients’ was the theme of the conference. In all, 52 scholars from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia attended the conference and deliberated upon aspects of work and sustainable development. The issues that had emerged from the discussion were ‘conditions of em
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