Worker identity, agency and economic development : women's empowerment in the Indian informal economy

Online-Ressource (XI, 210 S.)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Unraveling the informal sector debate -- Reconceptualizing labour in the informal sector debate -- Exploring a labour focused strategy for productivity and well-being in the informal economy : background and method -- Mapping problems : work-life experience in the indian informal economy -- Interventions for work-life improvement : the case of the Self Employed Women's Association -- The moral dynamics of union membership -- Agency, freedom and economic development -- Public action for economic development -- The politics of economic development -- Conclusion : worker identity, agency and economic development.

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

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