Rural labour in Uttar Pradesh: Emerging features of subsistence, contradiction and resistance

While conflict and struggle between the poor and dominant classes has never been absent from the rural scene in Uttar Pradesh, suggests that recent changes may have added new dimensions and assertiveness to the poor. Changes in the nature of dependence, contradictions and ensuing resistance have sig...

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Published in:The Journal of peasant studies 1999-01, Vol.26 (2-3), p.263-315
Main Author: Srivastava, Ravi S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural Workers
Class
Class Struggle
India
Labor Market
Labor Relations
Labour relations
Peasants
Resistance
Rural Areas
Rural Poverty
Subsistence Economy
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh, India
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Summary:While conflict and struggle between the poor and dominant classes has never been absent from the rural scene in Uttar Pradesh, suggests that recent changes may have added new dimensions and assertiveness to the poor. Changes in the nature of dependence, contradictions and ensuing resistance have significant implications for the restructuring of labour relations within villages, and still wider ramifications for the political articulation of the labouring classes. Delineates the extent to which labour market changes are embedded in a wider socioeconomic and political dynamic, a point which is missed in orthodox analyses of the rural labour market. (Original abstract)
ISSN:0306-6150
1743-9361
DOI:10.1080/03066159908438709