From the Field to the Factory

Dimensions of Power and the Process of Occupational Mobility among Rural Youths of Nagpur District

Bibliographic Data

ID10939690
AuthorsAjit Kumar (0000-0002-4167-8489, Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work, Nagpur, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume40
Issue3
Pages303-317
Publication date2010-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0049-0857 • E-ISSN: 0976-3538
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/004908571004000304
OpenAlexW2064733526
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

Occupational mobility has been a major way of escaping distress for the rural poor in India. Traditionally, when the economy was based on agriculture the institution of family and the caste system would restrict the choices available to the rural poor, but with growing industrialisation new factors have come into play. Educational attainments and the politico-legal framework of labour recruitment are now superimposed on the traditional structures of caste and family in the process of occupational mobility. These new factors have cut across caste boundaries and widened the choices available to the rural poor, yet it does not substantially alter the traditional patterns of dominance. In this study four factors stand out in enabling the process of occupational mobility. First, of prime importance is schooling. Second is the support received from the family. Third is the economic condition of the household. It is not the poorest from the rural community who are able to make the transition. Lastly there is a manifest political dimension to this process

Agriculture · Caste · Development economics · Dominance (genetics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Industrialisation · Institution · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Social and Economic Development in India

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