TY  - BOOK
AU  - RoyChowdhury,Supriya
TI  - City of shadows: slums and informal work in Bangalore 
SN  - 9781108839365
PY  - 2021///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - Urban poor -- India -- Bangalore
KW  - Informal sector (Economics) -- India -- Bangalore
KW  - Slums -- India -- Bangalore
KW  - Bangalore (India) -- Social condtions -- 21st century
KW  - Bangalore (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
N2  - "As India's Silicon Valley, at the core of Bangalore's core economic dynamism is the export of Information Technology and related industries, surrounded by multinational banking, finance, venture capital, start-ups, real estate, and the concomitant appearance of luxury concepts in services. A new, tech savvy, cosmopolitan and ultra-consumerist middle class has gained from, as well as contributed to, these channels of economic dynamism. Spill-over effects have resulted in expansion of opportunities of employment and earnings, particularly in the lower rungs of services for hitherto disadvantaged groups but there is also a growing presence of an urban underclass, excluded from the city's growth channels. This book looks at such channels of both exclusion and inclusion. The informal structure of work and earnings - stemming from the character of the city's political economy - hold the key to understanding the issue of urban vulnerabilities. This work raises questions, grounded in field-based findings, about the currently pursued model of industrial development and mainstream understanding of urban poverty"-- Provided by publisher
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