Economic inequality of the badli workers of Bangladesh: Contested entitlements and a ‘perpetually temporary’ life-world

This article discusses the experience of economic inequality of badli workers in the state-owned jute mills of the postcolonial state of Bangladesh, and how this inequality is constituted and perpetuated. Nominally appointed to fill posts during the temporary absence of permanent workers, the realit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alamgir, Fahreen, Cairns, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Plenum Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8018