Introduction: the limits of industrialisation -- The auto industry in India today -- Auto manufacturing and the evolution of industrial policy -- The transformation of labour relations -- Auto workers in India's national capital region -- Work and life at the bottom of the auto supply chain --...

Auto manufacturing holds the promise of employing many young Indians in relatively well-paid, high-skill employment, but this promise is threatened by the industry's role as a site of immense conflict in recent years. This book asks: how do we explain this conflict? What are the implications of...