Outputs (50)

Questioni agrarie o questioni del lavoro? La questione agraria e la sue irrilevanza per il lavoro rurale nell'India neo-liberista (2012)
Journal Article
Lerche, J. (2012). Questioni agrarie o questioni del lavoro? La questione agraria e la sue irrilevanza per il lavoro rurale nell'India neo-liberista. Sociologia del lavoro, 76-105. https://doi.org/10.3280/SL2012-128006

This article reinterrogates the positions on the agrarian question in India, to reach fresh conclusions about important agrarian policies of the left, including that of land reforms. Internationally, the classic political economy approach to agrarian... Read More about Questioni agrarie o questioni del lavoro? La questione agraria e la sue irrilevanza per il lavoro rurale nell'India neo-liberista.

Guest editors' introduction (2012)
Journal Article
Lerche, J., Guérin, I., & Srivastava, R. (2012). Guest editors' introduction. Global labour journal, 3(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.15173/glj.v3i1.1110

Labour Regulations and Labour Standards in India: Decent Work? (2012)
Journal Article
Lerche, J. (2012). Labour Regulations and Labour Standards in India: Decent Work?. Global labour journal, 3(1), 16-39. https://doi.org/10.15173/glj.v3i1.1111

The article assesses the ILO decent work agenda in the Global South: its objectives and coherence, its impact on labour relations and conditions, and its overall policy direction in relation to alternative labour rights and welfare policy thinking. T... Read More about Labour Regulations and Labour Standards in India: Decent Work?.

The Unfree Labour Category and Unfree Labour Estimates: A Continuum within Low-End Labour Relations (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Lerche, J. The Unfree Labour Category and Unfree Labour Estimates: A Continuum within Low-End Labour Relations. Manchester

The article argues against the singling out of unfree labour as something wholly unique and entirely separate and different from other labour relations. Existing dichotomous approaches to free–unfree labour hinder a proper understanding of these labo... Read More about The Unfree Labour Category and Unfree Labour Estimates: A Continuum within Low-End Labour Relations.

Agrarian Crisis and Agrarian Questions in India (2011)
Journal Article
Lerche, J. (2011). Agrarian Crisis and Agrarian Questions in India. Journal of Agrarian Change, 11(1), 104-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00295.x

The Indian government, academics and farmers all agree: Indian agriculture is in crisis. Annual agricultural growth rates fell to an all time low of 0.6 per cent per year during 1994/95–2004/05, usurious moneylending has made a comeback in the countr... Read More about Agrarian Crisis and Agrarian Questions in India.

From ‘Rural Labour’ to ‘Classes of Labour’: Class Fragmentation, Caste and Class Struggle at the Bottom of the Indian Labour Hierarchy (2010)
Book Chapter
Lerche, J. (2010). From ‘Rural Labour’ to ‘Classes of Labour’: Class Fragmentation, Caste and Class Struggle at the Bottom of the Indian Labour Hierarchy. In B. Harriss-White, & J. Heyer (Eds.), The Comparative Political Economy of Development. Africa and South Asia (66-87). Routledge

Is Forced Labour an Isolated Problem in Developing Countries? (2008)
Journal Article
Lerche, J. (2008). Is Forced Labour an Isolated Problem in Developing Countries?. Development Viewpoint,

Transnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in India (2008)
Journal Article
Lerche, J. (2008). Transnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in India. Development and Change, 39(2), 239-261. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00478.x

In India, movements and parties representing the lowest ranking dalit caste groups have followed different strategies in their struggle against social, economic and cultural discrimination. In this article, a new dalit movement making use of a ‘trans... Read More about Transnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in India.

A Global Alliance against Forced Labour? Unfree Labour, Neo-Liberal Globalization and the International Labour Organization (2007)
Journal Article
Lerche, J. (2007). A Global Alliance against Forced Labour? Unfree Labour, Neo-Liberal Globalization and the International Labour Organization. Journal of Agrarian Change, 7(4), 424-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2007.00152.x

Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and National Development Strategies in Asia: A Report to DFID (2004)
Report
Lerche, J., Pincus, J., & Weeks, J. (2004). Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and National Development Strategies in Asia: A Report to DFID