Investigating Reverse Migration During the Covid-19 Pandemic

This book analyses the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on internal reverse migration in India. Drawing on case studies, the book offers a critical perspective on a range of issues related to internal reverse migration, such as culture, livelihood and routine, health care, and travel. Offering sociological empirical research, the book will be of interest to cross-disciplinary academics of sociology, economics, political science, demography, and migration studies.

Provides a critical and empirical perspective on internal migration in India through case studies Recommends policies for internal reverse migration in the post-pandemic era Considers how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown affected multiple facets of migrants' livelihoods

Auteur

Aditya Mishra is Assistant Professor in Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Central University of Odisha, India. He is the author of numerous edited volumes, monographs, and journal articles. Aditya's main research interests lie in the sociology of development, where his work contributes to the discourse on sociology of environment and sustainable development, natural resource management, rural sociology, sociology of health and illness, and contemporary socioeconomic and political issues.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Setting the Context: Pandemic, Lockdown and Reverse Migration.- Chapter 2: India's COVID-19 Lockdown: A Kaleidoscopic Interrogation.- Chapter 3: Pandemic, Migration and Livelihood: A Critical Inquiry.- Chapter 4: Methodology.- Chapter 5: The Field.- Chapter 6: COVID-19 Lockdown, Migration and Livelihood: The Field View.- Chapter 7: Future Policy Agenda for Migrants in the Post-Pandemic Era.