Circular Migrant Workers and Housing in Indian Cities: A View from Ahmedabad
The paper examines the living spaces and related experiences of circular labour migrants in the construction sector in Ahmedabad; and interrogates the urban policy, planning and governance regimes as well as labour legislation and governance regimes shaping these. The paper also pays attention to mi...
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| description | The paper examines the living spaces and related experiences of circular labour migrants in the construction sector in Ahmedabad; and interrogates the urban policy, planning and governance regimes as well as labour legislation and governance regimes shaping these. The paper also pays attention to migrants’ agency in shaping their housing in the city in the context of these regimes and their own multilocal lives. Their housing question is also situated in the context of the broader housing question of the urban poor which consists of a diversity of groups facing shared and differentiated exclusions and vulnerabilities in the city. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a2211b58fb924c958d1e24dd0ef82f7d2025-08-20T03:22:22ZengSAGE PublishingVikalpa0256-09092395-37992025-06-015010.1177/02560909241255005Circular Migrant Workers and Housing in Indian Cities: A View from AhmedabadRenu Desai0Independent Researcher, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaThe paper examines the living spaces and related experiences of circular labour migrants in the construction sector in Ahmedabad; and interrogates the urban policy, planning and governance regimes as well as labour legislation and governance regimes shaping these. The paper also pays attention to migrants’ agency in shaping their housing in the city in the context of these regimes and their own multilocal lives. Their housing question is also situated in the context of the broader housing question of the urban poor which consists of a diversity of groups facing shared and differentiated exclusions and vulnerabilities in the city.https://doi.org/10.1177/02560909241255005 |
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| title | Circular Migrant Workers and Housing in Indian Cities: A View from Ahmedabad |
| title_full | Circular Migrant Workers and Housing in Indian Cities: A View from Ahmedabad |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Circular Migrant Workers and Housing in Indian Cities: A View from Ahmedabad |
| title_short | Circular Migrant Workers and Housing in Indian Cities: A View from Ahmedabad |
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