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1 online resource |
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Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 125 |
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Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia (2005) ; 125.
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| Contents |
India's informal economy -- Mapping informal labour in India -- Mumbai -- Bangalore -- New Delhi -- Informal labour and resistance |
| Summary |
During the last two decades, rapid economic growth and development in India has been based upon the mass employment of informal labour. Using case studies from three urban regions, this book examines this growth in modern India's cities and towns. It argues that India has undergone a process of uneven and combined development during its integration with the world economy, leading to a distorted form of urban development. This book is about work and resistance in India's massive 'informal economy'. It looks at the growth of informal labour in Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi during an era of neoliberal economic policymaking. Going beyond mainstream accounts, it argues that India's rapid economic development has been based upon the mass employment of workers on low wages who lack basic social protection and rights at work. It discusses how urban development in India is characterised by a combination of industrialisation, industrial relocation, restructuring and informalisation. Departing from some existing studies of de-industrialisation, it re-frames informalisation as a process that complements, rather than contradicts, contemporary industrialisation in rapidly-emerging economies. The book adopts a 'classes of labour' approach, classifying each case of informal labour as a specific 'form of exploitation': as a different way for employers to lower production costs, control workers and increase enterprise flexibility.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Informal sector (Economics) -- India
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Labor market -- India
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Rural development -- India.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Labor market
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Rural development
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Schattenwirtschaft
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Stadtökonomie
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Arbeitsmarkt
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India
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Indien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317571018 |
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1317571010 |
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