PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Condition: New.
Condition: New.
Published by Worldview, 2009
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
pbk. The book is based on a socio-political survey conducted in 2006-07 on the street hawkers of Kolkata metropolitan area It views Kolkata hawkers as constituting a large political society whose members sell their political allegiance to one party or the other in exchange of overall protection This protection is crucial for the survival of the hawkers given the lack of a legal legitimacy of their trade and the consequent vulnerability In this background the book gives an account of the socio-economic profile and political orientation of the hawkers and their continuous struggle for existence 123 pp.