Format:
1 Online-Ressource (149 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789811508417
Series Statement:
India Studies in Business and Economics Ser
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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Expansion and Expectation: Footlooseness -- 2.1 Urban Phenomenon -- 2.2 In the Eyes of Global Neoliberalism -- 2.3 Footlooseness -- 2.4 Expansion in Numbers -- 2.5 Indian Story -- References -- 3 Did We Explain? -- 3.1 General Equilibrium Approach -- 3.2 Choice Theory Approach -- 3.3 Labour Market Segmentation Approach -- 3.4 Institutional Approach -- 3.5 Political Economy Approach -- 3.6 The Riddle -- References -- 4 Alternative Explanations from the Labour Studies -- 4.1 Within and Without Dualism -- 4.2 Marginalization -- 4.3 Case Studies and Further Evidences -- References -- 5 Transition in Indian Employment -- 5.1 Situational Analysis -- 5.2 What Indian Official Statistics on Employment Reveals -- 5.3 The Process of Fragmentation of Units -- 5.4 Invisibility of Informal Employment -- 5.5 Informal Sector Under the Pandemic -- References -- 6 Definitional Dilemma -- 6.1 ILO Definitions -- 6.2 Evidence-Based Definitions -- 6.3 Statistical Challenge of Measuring Informality -- 6.4 Why Dilemma? -- References -- 7 Process of Informalization of Employment -- 7.1 Evolution and Change -- 7.2 Can We Have an Indicator of informalization as a Process? -- 7.3 Neoliberal Economy and Informalization -- 7.4 Informalization in a Continuum -- 7.5 Formalization and Informalization -- References -- 8 Primary Surveys of Kolkata Informal Employment -- 8.1 Evidences Prior to Neoliberal Economy -- 8.2 Experiences Under Neoliberalism -- 8.3 Informal Sector in West Bengal -- 8.4 COVID Lockdown and Informal Employment in Kolkata -- References -- 9 Urban Informal Sector and Communal Violence: Case Study of 1992 Riots in Kolkata -- 9.1 Context of Exogenous Shock on the Informal Sector -- 9.2 Extent of Shock on Kolkata Informal Sector
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9.3 Quantitative Estimate of the Differential Impact of Shock -- References -- 10 Kolkata's Informal Sector: Changing Pattern of Labour Use -- 10.1 Pattern of Labour Use in Third World Urban Agglomerate -- 10.2 Change in Pattern of Labour Use and Informalisation in Kolkata Urban Agglomerate -- 10.3 Primary Evidences in Kolkata in 1996 -- References -- 11 Is Informal Urban in India? -- 11.1 Rural-Urban Divide in the Country -- 11.2 Expansion of Urban Informal Employment -- 11.3 Urban Informal Workers Emerging as a Social Class -- 11.4 Rise of Rural Informal Employment in India -- 11.5 What the Official Statistics Show in India -- References -- 12 Women in Informality -- 12.1 Does Bulk of Women's Work Suffer from Marginality? -- 12.2 Engagement of Women in Informal Sector Activities -- 12.3 Women in Indian Informal Employment -- References -- 13 Informal Employment in India's Development Trajectory -- 13.1 Pattern of Informal Sector Before Neoliberalism -- 13.2 Informalization as a Part of Neoliberal India -- 13.3 Informal Employment After Decades of Neoliberalism -- References -- 14 Concluding Notes -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mukhopadhyay, Ishita Employment in the Informal Sector in India Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2022 ISBN 9789811508400
Language:
English
