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Informal labor, formal politics, and dignified discontent in India / Rina Agarwala.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agarwala, Rina, 1973- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
- Cambridge studies in contentious politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor movement--India.
- Labor movement.
- Unskilled labor--Labor unions--India.
- Unskilled labor.
- Informal sector (Economics)--India.
- Informal sector (Economics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Informal Labor, Formal Politics, & Dignified Discontent in India
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the 1980s, the world's governments have decreased state welfare and thus increased the number of unprotected 'informal' or 'precarious' workers. As a result, more and more workers do not receive secure wages or benefits from either employers or the state. This book offers a fresh and provocative look into the alternative social movements informal workers in India are launching. It also offers a unique analysis of the conditions under which these movements succeed or fail. Drawing from 300 interviews with informal workers, government officials and union leaders, Rina Agarwala argues that Indian informal workers are using their power as voters to demand welfare benefits from the state, rather than demanding traditional work benefits from employers. In addition, they are organizing at the neighborhood level, rather than the shop floor, and appealing to 'citizenship', rather than labor rights.
- Contents:
- aIntroduction: informal labor movements and the state
- Struggling with informality
- The success of competitive populism
- Communism's resistance to change
- The minimal gains of accommodation
- Conclusion: dignifying discontent.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-23639-8
- 1-107-30157-2
- 1-107-31221-3
- 1-107-25555-4
- 1-107-30666-3
- 1-107-30886-0
- 1-107-31441-0
- 1-139-19873-4
- OCLC:
- 843191820
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