Kerala Transforming: Labor and Trade Mobility in times of Pandemic
Editat de P.L. Beena, Thiagu Ranganathanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 iul 2025
Timely and topical, the book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of economics, development studies, trade, labour and migration, political economy, Kerala economy, and South Asian studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781032539010
ISBN-10: 1032539011
Pagini: 292
Ilustrații: 76
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1032539011
Pagini: 292
Ilustrații: 76
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and Undergraduate CoreCuprins
1. Introduction PART I Structural Transformation and Sectoral Priorities 2. Revisiting Kerala’s Manufacturing Sector: New Trends in Production, Labour, and Trade 3. Import surge of agricultural products under the FTAs: Protection of substitutable products to address livelihood concerns PART II Structural Transformation and Impact of COVID-19 on Remittances and Labour Question 4. Labour Supply Behaviour of the Return Emigrants in Kerala 5. Kerala’s Labour Market: The Impact of Inward and Outward Migration Flows 6. Employer-Employee Dynamics: The Study in Return-Migrants During COVID-19 7. COVID-19 and Gulf Return Migration: An Opportunity to Re-Orient Government Strategies 8. COVID-19 Pandemic, International Remittances, and Economic Growth in Kerala: A Macro Analysis 9. Remittances and Golden Kerala: The Economics of Productive Consumption or Conspicuous Consumption? 10. Economic Impact of Lockdown on Common People in Kerala: A Survey Report PART III Structural Transformation and Distributional Issues 11. Structural Change in India: A State-Level Analysis with a Focus on Kerala and Tamil Nadu 12. Organized Peasant Migration and Intergenerational Mobility: A Case of Madambam Settlement in Kannur District, Kerala 13. What Perpetuates Multidimensional Inequalities in Plantations? A Study of Tea Plantations in Kerala in a Comparative Setting
Recenzii
"This volume, analyzing the Kerala situation with a special focus on the manufacturing sector from a historical and sociological perspective, is much-needed, timely, and relevant. This book, impressively edited by Beena P. L. and Thiagu Ranganathan, explains quite well how the accumulated “human capital,” an educated and healthy population, which includes youngsters who obtain high-paying jobs abroad and send home remittances that the state invests in the services and manufacturing sectors. That said, it could have addressed the demographic situation with an ageing population and the declining numbers in the workforce (equivalent to that in highly developed countries such as those in Scandinavia), but in a relatively poor country."
Joseph Tharamangalam
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Canada
"Beyond doubt, the COVID-19 global pandemic affected all countries. However, studies focusing on its impact on subnational economies are few, especially in India, which makes this book of selected essays a useful contribution. Focusing on the Kerala economy set against its rather fast pace of transition resulting from its significant international labour migration and the consequent flow of remittances, the studies provide several lessons on understanding and facing such exogenous shocks as the COVID-19."
K. P. Kannan
Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre and COSTFORD
Former Director and Honorary Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
"For more than half a century now Kerala’s development experience has attracted scholarly attention. It continues to be a fertile and fascinating field of study. Labour and trade mobility from and to Kerala has a long and rich tradition the economic implications of which still remains an inadequately explored area. The collection of 13 papers in this book ably edited by Beena and Ranganathan is indeed a useful collection that will contribute to the scholarship this area that needs more work in greater depth."
M A Oommen
Honorary Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
Distinguished Fellow, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Trivandrum &
Emeritus Professor, Institute of Management in Government, Trivandrum
"Labour and trade mobility influence regional development and human well-being, vis-à-vis migration, innovation, competitiveness, and skills development. This volume makes a compelling case for addressing Kerala’s economic growth through industrialization and public sector involvement. The contributions highlight Kerala’s structural transformation from agriculture to services outpacing the rest of India and the need for new paradigms, as multiple labour mobilities increase costs, risks, and vulnerabilities. As Kerala’s unique labour market dynamics – the outflux of educated natives and the influx of less-educated migrants – poses new economic and social dilemmas, many relevant findings in this book reassert the need to focus on higher occupational mobility to manage professionals across sectors and adapt to changing demands."
Shoba Arun
Reader, Work and Organisation Studies, Essex Business School
Director, Internationalisation and Partnerships (Education)
Associate Director, PGR (OSHRM), Essex Business School
Joseph Tharamangalam
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Canada
"Beyond doubt, the COVID-19 global pandemic affected all countries. However, studies focusing on its impact on subnational economies are few, especially in India, which makes this book of selected essays a useful contribution. Focusing on the Kerala economy set against its rather fast pace of transition resulting from its significant international labour migration and the consequent flow of remittances, the studies provide several lessons on understanding and facing such exogenous shocks as the COVID-19."
K. P. Kannan
Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre and COSTFORD
Former Director and Honorary Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
"For more than half a century now Kerala’s development experience has attracted scholarly attention. It continues to be a fertile and fascinating field of study. Labour and trade mobility from and to Kerala has a long and rich tradition the economic implications of which still remains an inadequately explored area. The collection of 13 papers in this book ably edited by Beena and Ranganathan is indeed a useful collection that will contribute to the scholarship this area that needs more work in greater depth."
M A Oommen
Honorary Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
Distinguished Fellow, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Trivandrum &
Emeritus Professor, Institute of Management in Government, Trivandrum
"Labour and trade mobility influence regional development and human well-being, vis-à-vis migration, innovation, competitiveness, and skills development. This volume makes a compelling case for addressing Kerala’s economic growth through industrialization and public sector involvement. The contributions highlight Kerala’s structural transformation from agriculture to services outpacing the rest of India and the need for new paradigms, as multiple labour mobilities increase costs, risks, and vulnerabilities. As Kerala’s unique labour market dynamics – the outflux of educated natives and the influx of less-educated migrants – poses new economic and social dilemmas, many relevant findings in this book reassert the need to focus on higher occupational mobility to manage professionals across sectors and adapt to changing demands."
Shoba Arun
Reader, Work and Organisation Studies, Essex Business School
Director, Internationalisation and Partnerships (Education)
Associate Director, PGR (OSHRM), Essex Business School
Notă biografică
P. L. Beena is Professor at the Centre for Developmental Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. She has held positions as Consultant at NCAER, Research Information System for the Developing Countries, New Delhi and South Asia visiting scholar at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford before joining CDS. Since her PhD at CESP, JNU, her main areas of research are in the field of corporate mergers, inward and outward FDI through CBM&As and antitrust policies; innovation and competition in the high-tech sectors under the new IPR regime; MSMEs and women entrepreneurship; WTO agreements and its implications on Indian Industries; Contemporary Issues on Indian Economy.
Thiagu Ranganathan is Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. Since his PhD at IIT Bombay, he has worked on issues in agricultural economics and development economics including agricultural price risk management, implications of water scarcity on rural livelihood diversification, institutional barriers to employment of higher educated women, and implications of monetary incentives on forest restoration. His work spans across themes of risk, vulnerability, resilience, livelihood diversification, and social mobility.
Thiagu Ranganathan is Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. Since his PhD at IIT Bombay, he has worked on issues in agricultural economics and development economics including agricultural price risk management, implications of water scarcity on rural livelihood diversification, institutional barriers to employment of higher educated women, and implications of monetary incentives on forest restoration. His work spans across themes of risk, vulnerability, resilience, livelihood diversification, and social mobility.
Descriere
This book examines Kerala's recent development trajectory and highlights the impact COVID-19 has had on its economy. It analyses Kerala's growth and structural transformation while engaging critically with issues related to employment and migration.