Land and Labour Relations in South-West Bangladesh documents the ambiguities and
limitations of applying rigid theoretical concepts in defining labor,
particularly in the context of a South Asian agrarian economy. The author
demonstrates that sources of labor are not uniform, and that labor in the rural
context is not a homogeneous commodity. Identification of laborers or groups
with a common interest does not necessarily fit into the formal definition of
laborers based on relationships of possession and separation from the means of
production. On the contrary, based on empirical research, the study suggests
that defining and identifying the class of laborer demands a critical analysis
of the economic