Labouring lives : industry and informality in new India / Archana Aggarwal.

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Aggarwal, Archana [author]

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : LeftWord Books, 2023.ISBN:

9789392018046

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Summary: "Clothes and cars are sparkling symbols of India’s economic success, but few think about the men and women who toil ceaselessly on the sewing machines and assembly lines to produce them. Based on interviews carried out over many years in Delhi’s National Capital Region, Labouring Lives provides a glimpse of the world of workers in the automobile and readymade garment industries. Archana Aggarwal combines first-hand accounts from workshops and tenements with an examination of policy and law to illuminate the consequences of flexibilisation and informalisation of labour. The book forcefully argues for a shift away from the mainstream view where workers are dehumanised and markets are the sole determinant of employment, wages and working conditions."--

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	Special Collection - Chandra Chari	Main Library	331.6095456 AG-L (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Gifted by Prof. Chandra Chari		023335
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	331.6095456 AG-L (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available			151071
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	331.6095456 AG-L (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out		30/12/2023	150792

"Clothes and cars are sparkling symbols of India’s economic success, but few think about the men and women who toil ceaselessly on the sewing machines and assembly lines to produce them. Based on interviews carried out over many years in Delhi’s National Capital Region, Labouring Lives provides a glimpse of the world of workers in the automobile and readymade garment industries. Archana Aggarwal combines first-hand accounts from workshops and tenements with an examination of policy and law to illuminate the consequences of flexibilisation and informalisation of labour. The book forcefully argues for a shift away from the mainstream view where workers are dehumanised and markets are the sole determinant of employment, wages and working conditions."--

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