Title: Roots Without Ground
Subtitle: Social Networks, Cultural Integration, and Migrant Labour in Urban India
Subject Classification:  Sociology, Global South Studies, Human Rights  
BIC Classification: JFFK, JHBC, JFC
BISAC Classification: SOC007000, SOC026030, SOC042000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Feb 2028
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-80866-093-1
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-80866-094-8

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Description

In the rapidly expanding metropolises of India, a vast population of migrant labourers navigates a complex world of opportunity and precarity. 'Roots Without Ground' offers a timely and insightful analysis of this phenomenon, exploring the critical role of social networks in the lives of these workers. The book delves into how migrants construct new forms of community and social capital far from home, examining the intricate processes of cultural integration and adaptation in the urban landscape. Drawing on extensive sociological research, this monograph illuminates the paradox of being deeply connected through social ties yet fundamentally unmooted from a stable sense of place. It provides a vital contribution to our understanding of contemporary urbanisation, informal labour markets, and social cohesion in the Global South. This essential volume is aimed at researchers and postgraduate students in sociology, migration studies, urban studies, South Asian studies, development studies, and social policy, and will be invaluable for courses on labour, migration, and Indian society.

Biography

Author(s):  Yash Singh Sisodiya is an Indian sociologist and researcher whose work focuses on the intersections of migration, gender, social policy, and environmental sociology. With a Master of Arts in Sociology and a specialisation in Programme Management, his research provides critical insights into the social dynamics of contemporary India. His expertise in migration studies and social structures is central to the analysis presented in this volume. He currently serves as Research Journal Manager at Twisting Memoirs Publication in Indore, where he is actively engaged with current academic scholarship in the social sciences.

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