PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF UNEMPLOYMENT

The historical origins of unemployment in India shed light on the way this phenomenon, relatively new in a country where underemployment and poverty are persistent problems, is socially constructed. On the basis of a monograph about an industrial center that sprang up in 1965, questions are raised about the invention of unemployment and consciousness of it. Social groups' attitudes about employment, as well as their positions in the job market, are compared.