In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled 'Decent work and the informal economy' in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal economic activities, and where expansion of informal economic activities is coupled with deteriorating working conditions and living standards.
This book explores the informal economic activity of India as a case study to examine typical requirements in the work-lives of informal workers, and to develop a means to institutionalise the promotion of these requirements through labour law. Drawing upon Amartya Sen's theoretical outlook, the book considers whether a capability approach to human development may be able to promote recognition and work-life conditions of a specific category of informal workers in India by integrating specific informal workers within a social dialogue framework along with a range of other social partners including state and non-state institutions. While examining the viability of a human development based labour law in an Indian context, the book also indicates how the proposals put forth in the book may be relevant for informal workers in other developing countries.
This research monograph will be of great interest to scholars of labour law, informal work and workers, law and development, social justice, and labour studies.
Описание: This book is one of the first definitive and comprehensive expositions of emigration in contemporary India. It posits that India is currently witnessing a new phase of emigration that may last at least until year 2021, and argues that far-reaching changes in policies, legislation and institutional mechanisms are needed to optimize the gains from emigration.
Описание: Explores the complex relationships between early nineteenth-century representations of emigration, colonization and settlement, and the social, , economic and cultural conditions within which they were produced. This book stresses the role of writers, illustrators and artists in `making` colonial/settler landscapes within the metropolitan imaginary.
Автор: Murdoch Название: British Emigration, 1603-1914 ISBN: 0333764919 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333764916 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16836 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In `British Emgiration 1603-1914` Alex Murdoch argues that British emigration history cannot be written without reference to sectarian and political developments in Britain and Ireland.
Автор: Jackson Название: War and Empire in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean ISBN: 0333968409 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333968406 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21428 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this synthesis of imperial and naval/military history reveals the depths of colonial involvement in World War II and the role of colonies in British strategic planning from the 18th century.
Автор: Backhouse Название: A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa ISBN: 1108076424 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108076425 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9608 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Following a missionary trip to Australia, the horticulturalist and naturalist James Backhouse (1794-1869) travelled home via Mauritius and South Africa. This 1844 work is adapted from his journals and provides an illustrated account of that journey. It contains rich descriptions of the people he encountered and detailed botanical observations.
Автор: Barnes Название: Informal Labour in Urban India ISBN: 0415722330 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415722339 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23595 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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During the last two decades, rapid economic growth and development in India has been based upon the mass employment of informal labour. Using case studies from three urban regions, this book examines this growth in modern India's cities and towns. It argues that India has undergone a process of uneven and combined development during its integration with the world economy, leading to a distorted form of urban development.
This book is about work and resistance in India's massive 'informal economy'. It looks at the growth of informal labour in Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi during an era of neoliberal economic policymaking. Going beyond mainstream accounts, it argues that India's rapid economic development has been based upon the mass employment of workers on low wages who lack basic social protection and rights at work. It discusses how urban development in India is characterised by a combination of industrialisation, industrial relocation, restructuring and informalisation. Departing from some existing studies of de-industrialisation, it re-frames informalisation as a process that complements, rather than contradicts, contemporary industrialisation in rapidly-emerging economies. The book adopts a 'classes of labour' approach, classifying each case of informal labour as a specific 'form of exploitation': as a different way for employers to lower production costs, control workers and increase enterprise flexibility.
Offering a critique of existing data on the measurement and monitoring of informal labour and employment, the book is relevant to students and scholars of Development Studies, International Political Economy and South Asian Studies.
Описание: In 1835, Joseph Wolff (1795-1862) published this extraordinary account of his recent travels through the Middle East and Asia. Though he met with limited evangelical success, his published work made him known to British readers. Having experienced robbery and disease, Wolff reflects the zeal of a nineteenth-century Christian missionary.
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