Introduction -- The chain and the sweatshop -- The commodity & the sweatshop -- Difference & the sweatshop -- The regional lord & the sweatshop -- The broker & the sweatshop -- The body & the sweatshop -- Conclusions

This book explores the processes producing and reproducing the garment sweatshop in India. Drawing from Marxian and feminist insights, the book theorises the garment sweatshop in India as a complex 'regime' of exploitation and oppression, jointly crafted by global, regional and local actors,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated processes of labour transition from industrial work to the informal economy, which have always characterized the life of the working poor. Exploring urban-to-rural labour transitions through a feminist political economy lens and adopting a life-cycle approach...