At work in the informal economy of India : a perspective from the bottom up /
by Jan Breman
- New Delhi: Oxford, 2013.
- xiii,457p.
Part I 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-- part II. selected readings-- list of tables and figure-- publisher's acknowledgements-- 1. The market for non-agrarian labour: the formal versus informal sector-- 2. The study of industrial labour in post-colonial india: the formal sector-an introductory review-- 3. A question of poverty-- 4. The 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