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At work in the informal economy of India : A perspective from the Bottom Up /

By: Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2025Edition: 8th impressionDescription: xiii, 457 pages 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780199467719 (paperback)
  • 0199467714 (paperback)
DDC classification:
  • 331.5420954
Contents:
AT WORK IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY OF INDIA: List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Political Economy of Dualism; 2. A Short History of the Informal Sector; 3. At Work; 4. Circulation and Immobilization of Labour; 5. Social Profile and Locale; 6. Resistance to Exclusion and Coping with Insecurity; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; SELECTED READINGS: Publishers Acknowledgement; 1. The Market for Non-agrarian Labour: The Formal versus Informal Sector; 2. The Study of Industrial Labour in Post-colonial India: The Formal SectorAn Introductory Review; 3. A Question of Poverty; 4. Quality of the Labour Process; 5. The Expulsion of Labour from the Formal Sector of the Economy; 6. Neo-bondage: A Fieldwork-based Account; 7. Proletarian Life and Social Consciousness; 8. Informality as a Regime of Exploitation and Marginalization; 9. Myths of the Global Safety Net; 10. The Eventual Return of Social Darwinism; Bibliography; About the Author.
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BOOKs National Law School Circulation Counter 331.5420954 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Available Recommended by Dr. Aniket Nandan 40134

AT WORK IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY OF INDIA:
List of Tables;
Preface;
List of Abbreviations;
Introduction;
1. The Political Economy of Dualism;
2. A Short History of the Informal Sector;
3. At Work;
4. Circulation and Immobilization of Labour;
5. Social Profile and Locale;
6. Resistance to Exclusion and Coping with Insecurity;
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index;
SELECTED READINGS:
Publishers Acknowledgement;
1. The Market for Non-agrarian Labour: The Formal versus Informal Sector;
2. The Study of Industrial Labour in Post-colonial India: The Formal SectorAn Introductory Review;
3. A Question of Poverty;
4. Quality of the Labour Process;
5. The Expulsion of Labour from the Formal Sector of the Economy;
6. Neo-bondage: A Fieldwork-based Account;
7. Proletarian Life and Social Consciousness;
8. Informality as a Regime of Exploitation and Marginalization;
9. Myths of the Global Safety Net;
10. The Eventual Return of Social Darwinism;
Bibliography;
About the Author.

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