HEALTH SITUATION AMONG STONE CRUSHERS: - A STUDY ON BALASAN RIVER BED, SILIGURI, DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL

THIS BOOK IS BASED ON EMIPIRICAL FIELD WORK BY USING ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS. THE STUDY HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AMONG THE RAJBANSHI FAMILIES WHO ARE MIGRATED FROM BANGLADESH AND TILL DATE ARE STRUGGLING FOR THEIR COMMON MIMNIMUM LIVELIHOOD. THE PRIME EMPHASIS OF THIS BOOK IS TO FOCUS ON THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC IMPACT ON HEALTH. THE CONCERNED PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THE STONE CRUSHING OCCUPATION AND THEIR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC CONDITION HAS A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH SITUATION AS A WHOLE. ALL THESE ASPECTS ARE ANALYSED FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE TO REVEAL THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC IMPACT ON HEALTH OF AN OCCUPATIONAL GROUP.

About the author

MR.SOMENATH BHATTACHARJEE IS A M.SC. IN ANTHROPOLOGY WITH 1ST CLASS 1ST FROM NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY.HIS 18 RESEARCH ARTICLES ARE PUBLISHED AND HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN 19 SEMINAR/ SYMPOSIUMS TILL DATE. HIS MAIN AREA OF STUDY IS ON THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC IMPACT ON HEALTH, FOLK CULTURE, HUMAN RIGHT ISSUES AND EMERGING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

Product details

• Authors: Somenath Bhattacharjee
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2010
• EAN: 9783639293050
• ISBN: 978-3-639-29305-0
• No. of pages: 152
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)