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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459180503321

Autore

Hill Elizabeth <1967-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-95427-9

1-136-95428-7

1-282-65964-2

9786612659645

0-203-84928-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

New political economy ; ; 15

Disciplina

331.40954

Soggetti

Informal sector (Economics) - India

Women in development - India

Women - India - Economic conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

More than nine out of every ten working women in India are employed in the informal economy, unprotected by labour laws and excluded from basic forms of social security. They work as daily labourers in the



fields, small producers and industrial outworkers in their own homes and as vendors on the streets. These workers typically receive very low wages and experience extreme forms of social, economic and political marginalisation. This book examines what types of interventions?can improve the well-being of women working in the Indian informal economy. Using the case study of the Self Employed