LEADER 03554oam 2200697I 450 001 9910459180503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-95427-9 010 $a1-136-95428-7 010 $a1-282-65964-2 010 $a9786612659645 010 $a0-203-84928-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203849286 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029312 035 $a(EBL)544041 035 $a(OCoLC)646788168 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399881 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11298982 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399881 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386144 035 $a(PQKB)11615626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544041 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL544041 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10398807 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265964 035 $a(OCoLC)650543141 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029312 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWorker identity, agency and economic development $ewomen's empowerment in the Indian informal economy /$fby Elizabeth Hill 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aNew political economy ;$v15 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-80539-4 311 $a0-415-56609-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $a9 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 330 $aMore than nine out of every ten working women in India are employed in the informal economy, unprotected by labour laws and excluded from basic forms of social security. They work as daily labourers in the fields, small producers and industrial outworkers in their own homes and as vendors on the streets. These workers typically receive very low wages and experience extreme forms of social, economic and political marginalisation. This book examines what types of interventions?can improve the well-being of women working in the Indian informal economy. Using the case study of the Self Employed 410 0$aNew political economy ;$v15. 606 $aInformal sector (Economics)$zIndia 606 $aWomen in development$zIndia 606 $aWomen$zIndia$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aWomen in development 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a331.40954 700 $aHill$b Elizabeth$f1967-,$0927503 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459180503321 996 $aWorker identity, agency and economic development$92083926 997 $aUNINA