Informal labor, formal politics, and dignified discontent in India / Rina Agarwala

By:

Agarwala, Rina

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: xx, 250p. 23cmISBN:

9781107059733

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DDC classification:

331 AGA 22

Summary: 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 righ

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Book	Calcutta	331 AGA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-141221
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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 righ

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