Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction -- Welfare and Work: State Autonomy Revisited -- Urban Poverty and Informal Work -- A Political Economy Overview: Karnataka and Bangalore -- New Slums: Migration, Livelihoods and Living -- Old Slums -- Impact of Slum Housing Policies: Bangalore's New Ghettoes -- Women Workers in Bangalore's Garment Export Companies -- Conclusion |
Summary |
"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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2021) |
Subject |
Urban poor -- India -- Bangalore
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Slums -- India -- Bangalore
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Informal sector (Economics) -- India -- Bangalore
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy.
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Economic history
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Slums
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Urban poor
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SUBJECT |
Bangalore (India) -- Social condtions -- 21st century
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Bangalore (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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India -- Bangalore
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021017218 |
ISBN |
9781009003766 |
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1009003763 |
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9781108989930 |
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1108989934 |
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