Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat, Western India

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of the urban informal labour market and contribute significantly to the Indian economy. This book presents an empirical, comparative picture of daily labour markets, in Gujarat, Western India.

Kanchan Bharati is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, Gujarat. She holds a doctorate in Sociology. She has authored and co-authored papers on ageing and other socially relevant issues in important journals and edited books. She co-authored Revisiting Suicide: From Socio-Psychological Lens (2021) with Lancy Lobo and Jayesh Shah and co-edited Marriage and Divorce in India: Shifting Concepts and Changing Practices (2019) with Lancy Lobo.

Lancy Lobo is Professor Emeritus at the Indian Social Institute, Delhi. He has previously served as Director of the Centre for Social Studies, Surat and later as founder Director of the Centre for Culture and Development in Vadodara (Gujarat) for 20 years. He and his team have focussed a large number of their studies and publications mainly on Gujarat over the past 35 years.

Dhananjay Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Kalahandi University, Odisha. He holds a post-graduation degree in Anthropology from the University of Delhi and a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Rourkela, Odisha. He has co-edited Legacy of Ambedkar (2019) and co-authored Tribes of Western India (Routledge, 2022) with Lancy Lobo.