Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development [Elektronisk resurs] Women's Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy.

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 2 Unravelling the informal sector debate; 3 Reconceptualising labour in the informal sector debate; 4 Exploring a labour-focused strategy for productivity and well-being in the informal economy: Background and method; 5 Mapping 'problems': Work-life experience in the Indian informal economy; 6 Interventions for work-life improvement: The case of the Self Employed Women's Association; 7 The moral dynamics of union membership; 8 Agency, freedom and economic development. 
• 9 Public action for economic development10 The politics of economic development; 11 Conclusion - worker identity, agency and economic development; Appendix A: Gujarat: A short profile; Appendix B: SEWA members interviewed for the study; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 

• Makes an important contribution to the fields of development economics, political economy and gender studies analysing the capacity of the Indian informal economy to deliver socio-economics security and well being to workers. 

Ämnesord

Informal sector (Economics) - India. 

Women - India - Economic conditions. 

Women in development - India. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HD2346.I5H55 2010 (LCC)

331.40954 (DDC)

Ohafb (kssb/8 (machine generated))