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1 online resource (372 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From the Crisis of Distribution to the Distribution of the Costs of the Crisis; 2. Financial Liberalization, Deregulated Labour Markets and New Asset Market-Driven Capitalism; 3. Exploring the Link Between the Labour Market, Business Environment and Technology: Insights from India; 4. Global Value Chains and Trade Union Strategies: Implementing International Framework Agreements |
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5. Organizing Workers Beyond an Employment Relationship: A Case of Independent Drivers in Road Freight Transport6. Decent Work for Urban Informal Workers: The Case of Street Vendors in Mumbai; 7. Capital Accumulation in the Peripheral City: Socio-Spatial Conflict and Urban Governance; 8. Indian Labour Standards in Global Production Systems: A Study of IT Services and the ITES/BPO Sector; 9. The New Work Order as Contested Terrain: Call Centres in South Africa; 10. Informal Labour: Strategies for Protection; 11. From Fashion to Financial Products: Working Conditions in Chosen Units of C & A |
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12. Globalization and Transformation of the Workplace: Need for New Forms of Trade Union OrganizationAbout the Editor; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This book analyzes the adverse effects of globalization and liberalization - acutely manifest in the increased financialization of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis of 2008-09 - on the labour force, especially in the developing countries. Drawing upon case studies from several countries including India, Columbia, Malawi, Brazil and Thailand, it highlights the worsening plight of working class as a whole and informal labour in particular. The essays examine issues such as down-sizing, lowering of wages, insecurity and erosion of labour rights, and show how labour is grappli |
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Print version record |
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Labor -- India
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Labor unions -- India
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Labor laws and legislation -- India
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Working class -- India
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Financial crises -- India
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Financial crises -- 21st century
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Recessions -- India
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Social classes -- India
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Economic history
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Financial crises
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Labor
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Labor laws and legislation
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Labor unions
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Recessions
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Social classes
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Social conditions
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Working class
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India -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064892
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Developing countries -- Social conditions
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Developing countries
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India
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317560036 |
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1317560035 |
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