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Author Roychowdhury, Supriya, author.

Title City of shadows : slums and informal work in Bangalore / Supriya RoyChowdhury
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Contents Introduction -- Welfare and Work: State Autonomy Revisited -- Urban Poverty and Informal Work -- A Political Economy Overview: Karnataka and Bangalore -- New Slums: Migration, Livelihoods and Living -- Old Slums -- Impact of Slum Housing Policies: Bangalore's New Ghettoes -- Women Workers in Bangalore's Garment Export Companies -- Conclusion
Summary "As India's Silicon Valley, at the core of Bangalore's core economic dynamism is the export of Information Technology and related industries, surrounded by multinational banking, finance, venture capital, start-ups, real estate, and the concomitant appearance of luxury concepts in services. A new, tech savvy, cosmopolitan and ultra-consumerist middle class has gained from, as well as contributed to, these channels of economic dynamism. Spill-over effects have resulted in expansion of opportunities of employment and earnings, particularly in the lower rungs of services for hitherto disadvantaged groups but there is also a growing presence of an urban underclass, excluded from the city's growth channels. This book looks at such channels of both exclusion and inclusion. The informal structure of work and earnings - stemming from the character of the city's political economy - hold the key to understanding the issue of urban vulnerabilities. This work raises questions, grounded in field-based findings, about the currently pursued model of industrial development and mainstream understanding of urban poverty"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2021)
Subject Urban poor -- India -- Bangalore
Slums -- India -- Bangalore
Informal sector (Economics) -- India -- Bangalore
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy.
Economic history
Informal sector (Economics)
Slums
Urban poor
SUBJECT Bangalore (India) -- Social condtions -- 21st century
Bangalore (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Subject India -- Bangalore
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021017218
ISBN 9781009003766
1009003763
9781108989930
1108989934