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Handbook of Internal Migration in India is an inter-disciplinary, multi-faceted and thought-provoking book on internal migrants and their dynamics among the states in India. The first of its kind, this handbook provides novel information on processes, trends, determinants, differentials and dynamics of internal migration and its inter-linkages with individuals, families, economy and society. Most of the chapters have been written by scholars of repute who have spent their lifetime working on migration and the factors associated with it. This handbook is an attempt to address the lacunae in internal migration studies using both big data, such as Indian censuses, National Sample Surveys, India Human Development Surveys and Kerala Migration Surveys, and micro-level data collected by enthusiastic researchers in most parts of India to explore the unknown facets of internal migration. This book employs interdisciplinary and mixed methods to examine issues such as climate change, gender, urbanization, caste/tribe, religion, politics and emergence of migration policies. It addresses the crucial question as to why temporary and short-term migration continues to be an important livelihood strategy for millions of migrants thereby having an everlasting impact on the sociopolitical and economic structure of the country.
Migration and Widening Labour Divide
Migration and Widening Labour Divide
Introduction
The region that constitutes present-day Kerala has a long and rich history of migration dating back several centuries. Many communities from the Middle East and Europe came, settled and assimilated with the local population and yet were able to maintain a distinct identity of their own. The local population of Kerala has always welcomed diversity and allowed migrants to integrate with the host society. Kerala, after its formation in 1956, witnessed continued in-migration. Post 1956 in-migration in the state can be divided into two phases. Till the 1990s, the migrants came in search of employment from the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (Peter & Narendran, 2017). During ...
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