Unfreedom and waged work labour in India's manufacturing industry - Sen, Sunanda (SAGE Publications India, 2009)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217) and index
Alternate approaches to labour economics: theory and practice -- The Indian manufacturing sector and labour: an aggregative picture -- Labour under stress: an assessment based on primary information -- Profiles of industry and labour on the basis of field surveys -- Labour security in Indian organized manufacturing industries -- Labour market policies in India -- Conclusion
Unfreedom and Waged Work: Labour in India's Manufacturing Industry provides an update on the debates relating to the work and welfare of industrial labour in India. Concentrating on factory workers in India's organized manufacturing industry, the study analyses, on the basis of official statistics as well as field survey data, the poor status of workers even in this relatively regulated sector, in terms of jobs and the related absence of 'security' that provides the content of 'unfreedom of waged labour' as discussed in this book. The key features of the book are as follows:. - A critical surv