Circular Migration and Multi Locational Livelihoods Strategies in Rural India

by Deshingkar, Priya; Farrington, John

• ISBN13: 9780195699227
• ISBN10: 019569922X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Circular migration has become the enduring mobility pattern of the poor in agriculturally marginal areas of India. This volume deals with millions of unskilled and semiskilled poor who migrate away from the rural region in search of jobs that are mostly in the informal organized sector. Itstudies migration using different conceptual frameworks intended to provide coherence across the studies in order to draw out policy conclusions.With case studies pulled together from some of the poorest and most deprived parts of India, this volume shows how important migration has become in sustaining and improving rural livelihoods.

Author Biography

Priya Deshingkar is Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, John Farrington is Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, Maps, and Boxes	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
A Framework for Understanding Circular Migration	p. 1
Circular Migration and Labour Supply: Responses to Climatic Shocks	p. 37
The Evolving Pattern of Circular Migration and Commuting: Household Surveys in Andhra Pradesh	p. 58
The Evolving Pattern of Circular Migration and Commuting: Household Surveys in Madhya Pradesh	p. 88
Circular Migration Streams from Southern Rajasthan: Brick Kiln Work, Work in Textile Markets, and Ice Cream Vending	p. 118
Circular Migration in Bihar: The Money Order Economy	p. 139
Brick Kiln Workers from Jharkhand: The Labour of Love	p. 177
'When You Go to Other Places, You Have to be Smart': Seasonal Migration in Southern Madhya Pradesh	p. 202
The National Employment Guarantee Act and Migration Policy: Lessons from Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh	p. 238
Serving Migrants: Reflections on the Aajeevika Bureau Experience	p. 262
Seeking Informal Social Protection: Migrant Households in Rural West Bengal	p. 278
Social Protection and Migrant Support	p. 296
Glossary	p. 311
Contributors	p. 312
Index	p. 314
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