Seasonal Migration and Welfare/Illfare in Eastern India: A Social Analysis

摘要: Over 500,000 people are regularly engaged in seasonal migration for rice work into southern West Bengal. This paper analyses social processes at the interactions between employers and workers, welfare/illfare outcomes. Group identities based on religion ethnicity strengthened through experience of deployed by some migrants to make this form employment less degrading. In Bengal can involve practical welfare gains. Importantly, an informal wage floor has been put place managed peasant union allied largest party Left Front regime. However, costs risks remain high.