What is it about?
The article examines the poverty and vulnerability of the Bangladeshi tea garden workers drawing insights from Amartya Sen's and Martha Nussbaum's capability approach. It argues that the reason for the workers' poverty is mostly capability failure in their life.
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The work is theoretically sound, methodologically robust and analytically comprehensive. This is an in-depth study based on the systematic inquiry of the Bangladeshi tea garden workers. Readers will find the piece interesting and insightful.
Perspectives
The article will help a reader learn how poor and vulnerable life tea garden workers in Bangladesh lead. What are the internal dynamics in the tea estates and how do the workers cope up with this vulnerability?
Dr. Md Nazrul Islam
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Life behind leaves: capability, poverty and social vulnerability of tea garden workers in Bangladesh, Labor History, June 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0023656x.2019.1623868.
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