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Migration, Workers, and Fundamental Freedoms: Pandemic Vulnerabilities and States of Exception in India

Migration, Workers, and Fundamental Freedoms: Pandemic Vulnerabilities and States of Exception in India

Hans, Asha
Kannabiran, Kalpana
Mohanty, Manoranjan

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General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367702886
ISBN13: 9780367702885
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Sep 25 2023
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a mass exodus of India's migrant workers from the cities back to the villages. This book explores the social conditions and concerns around health, labour, migration, and gender that were thrown up as a result of this forced migration.

The book examines the failings of the public health systems and the state response to address the humanitarian crisis which unfolded in the middle of the pandemic. It highlights how the pandemic-lockdown disproportionately affected marginalised social groups - Dalits and the Adivasi communities, women and Muslim workers. The book reflects on the socio-economic vulnerabilities of migrant workers, their rights to dignity, questions around citizenship, and the need for robust systems of democratic and constitutional accountability. The chapters also critically look at the gendered vulnerabilities of women and non-cis persons in both public and private spaces, the exacerbation of social stratification and prejudices, incidents of intimidation by the administration and the police forces, and proposed labour reforms which might create greater insecurities for migrant workers.

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