At work in the informal economy of India: a perspective from the bottom up/ Jan Breman.

PART ONE: AT WORK IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY OF INDIA

LIST OF TABLES ; PREFACE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION ; 1. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DUALISM

2. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR

3. AT WORK ;

4. CIRCULATION AND IMMOBILIZATION OF LABOUR

5. SOCIAL PROFILE AND LOCALE

6. RESISTANCE TO EXCLUSION AND COPING WITH INSECURITY

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

PART TWO: SELECTED READINGS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURE

PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. THE MARKET FOR NON-AGRARIAN LABOUR: THE FORMAL VERSUS INFORMAL SECTOR

2. THE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL LABOUR IN POST-COLONIAL INDIA: THE FORMAL SECTOR-AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW

3. A QUESTION OF POVERTY

4. THE QUALITY OF THE LABOUR PROCESS

5. THE EXPULSION OF LABOUR FROM THE FORMAL SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

6. NEO-BONDAGE: A FIELDWORK-BASED ACCOUNT

7. PROLETARIAN LIFE AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS ;

8. INFORMALITY AS A REGIME OF EXPLOITATION AND MARGINALIZATION

9. MYTHS OF THE GLOBAL SAFETY NET

10. THE EVENTUAL RETURN OF SOCIAL DARWINISM

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