Migration and Development in India

The Bihar Experience
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-29183-3
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic development in India.

Focusing on three core areas, first it traces state discourses on rural-urban migration in India since the 1930s critically analysing its industrial, labour, rural and urban programmes, and policies. Second, through data on longitudinal surveys undertaken in rural Bihar in 1999, 2011 and 2016, it examines changes in patterns of migration and sources of income; estimates determinants and impacts of migration. Third, based on fieldwork in the village and the city, it presents an in-depth account of a rural-urban migration stream in contemporary India. It shows how, contrary to the results of conventional data sources such as the Census and NSSO, that mobility is high in rural Bihar, and has significantly increased over time as a result of rising labour demand in distant urban markets elsewhere in India. Further, it also provides evidence of decoupling of agriculture from the ‘rural’ in India.

Combining quantitative and qualitative methods in development research, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of development studies, migration studies, development economics, sociology, demography, public policy, and South Asian studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Datta, Amrita

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. State Discourses on Rural-Urban Migration in India 3. Characteristics of Bihar Migration 4. Changing Patterns of Migration, Remittances, and Sources of Income in Rural Bihar 5. Determinants and Impacts of Migration from Rural Bihar 6. Strangers in the City? Young Bihari Migrants in Delhi 7. Pride and Shame in the City: Young People’s Experiences of Rural-Urban Migration 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Amrita Datta is an Assistant Professor of Development Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India.