Labouring Lives: Industry and Informality in New India - Softcover

Aggarwal, Archana

 
9789392018046: Labouring Lives: Industry and Informality in New India
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9392018045 ISBN 13: 9789392018046
Publisher: Leftword, 2023

Synopsis

Clothes and cars are sparkling symbols of India's economic success, but few think about the men and women who toil ceaselessly on the sewing machines and assembly lines to produce them. Based on interviews carried out over many years in Delhi's National Capital Region, Labouring Lives provides a glimpse of the world of workers in the automobile and readymade garment industries. Archana Aggarwal combines first-hand accounts from workshops and tenements with an examination of policy and law to illuminate the consequences of flexibilisation and informalisation of labour. The book forcefully argues for a shift away from the mainstream view where workers are dehumanised and markets are the sole determinant of employment, wages and working conditions.

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About the Author

Archana Aggarwal teaches Economics at Hindu College, University of Delhi.

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Publisher
Leftword
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9392018045
ISBN 13 
9789392018046
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176