03554oam 2200697I 450 991045918050332120200520144314.01-136-95427-91-136-95428-71-282-65964-297866126596450-203-84928-010.4324/9780203849286 (CKB)2670000000029312(EBL)544041(OCoLC)646788168(SSID)ssj0000399881(PQKBManifestationID)11298982(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399881(PQKBWorkID)10386144(PQKB)11615626(MiAaPQ)EBC544041(Au-PeEL)EBL544041(CaPaEBR)ebr10398807(CaONFJC)MIL265964(OCoLC)650543141(EXLCZ)99267000000002931220180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorker identity, agency and economic development women's empowerment in the Indian informal economy /by Elizabeth HillNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (225 p.)New political economy ;15Description based upon print version of record.1-138-80539-4 0-415-56609-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 development9 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; IndexMore 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 EmployedNew political economy ;15.Informal sector (Economics)IndiaWomen in developmentIndiaWomenIndiaEconomic conditionsElectronic books.Informal sector (Economics)Women in developmentWomenEconomic conditions.331.40954Hill Elizabeth1967-,927503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459180503321Worker identity, agency and economic development2083926UNINA