Agrarian Movements in Neoliberal India: A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh Vyvasaya Vruthidarula Union

K. C. Smitha

Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, vol. 7, issue 2, 123-144

Abstract: One of the major weaknesses of agrarian workers has been the inability to form unions due to the heterogeneous nature and difficulties in locating them, which has delayed efforts to organize struggles against, and exert pressure on, the government. As such, agrarian workers do not qualify under the ambit of traditional unionization. Under the operating context of neoliberal restructuring, this study examines the efforts of the Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union (APVVU) in organizing the informal sector workers, mainly agricultural workers. The purpose here is to discern the specific nature and processes involved in agrarian movements by exploring the role of APVVU. The aim is to decipher the phenomenon of class mobilization of agrarian labourers/workers and capture their existential crisis in India. The study further identifies elements of both class and ideological congruity of collective community mobilization.

Keywords: Agricultural workers; APVVU; India; caste; gender; agricultural labour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/2277976018778626

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