Working for Change in India’s Civil Society

Darryl Humble and Hiresh Mani
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Darryl Humble: Northumbria University, UK
Hiresh Mani: Founder and Director, Support NGO, India

Work, Employment & Society, 2018, vol. 32, issue 6, 1130-1139

Abstract: This article discusses the working life of a NGO worker in Kerala, South India, who researches, advocates and campaigns for the rights of India’s most vulnerable communities. It draws on the personal narrative of an individual to explore the ways in which his life chances and experience of working in a professionalising civil society context have allowed him to construct his own notions of activism and work. This article engages with his life history to understand why he has made the decisions about how he and his staff work to tackle issues of injustice, inequality and exploitation. It analyses notions of activism, work and life history in a context shaped by class, gender and caste divisions.

Keywords: activism; civil society; India; NGOs; work; working lives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017017715176

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