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020			_a9781139198738 (ebook)
020			_z9781107025721 (hardback)
020			_z9781107663084 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHD8686.5 _b.A637 2013
082	0	0	_a331 _223
100	1		_aAgarwala, Rina, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInformal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India / _cRina Agarwala.
246	3		_aInformal Labor, Formal Politics, & Dignified Discontent in India
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (272 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aSince the 1980s, the world's governments have decreased state welfare and thus increased the number of unprotected 'informal' or 'precarious' workers. As a result, more and more workers do not receive secure wages or benefits from either employers or the state. This book offers a fresh and provocative look into the alternative social movements informal workers in India are launching. It also offers a unique analysis of the conditions under which these movements succeed or fail. Drawing from 300 interviews with informal workers, government officials and union leaders, Rina Agarwala argues that Indian informal workers are using their power as voters to demand welfare benefits from the state, rather than demanding traditional work benefits from employers. In addition, they are organizing at the neighborhood level, rather than the shop floor, and appealing to 'citizenship', rather than labor rights.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107025721
830		0	_aCambridge Studies in Contentious Politics.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139198738
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37269 _d37269