Work in a Metro

ISBN-13: 9781032653198 / Miękka / 2024 / 434 str.

Anuradha Kalhan

Opis

This volume is about why ‘work’ changed to become more precarious around the turn of the century. This happened not just in the developed world but also inside sectors that were demarcated as organized & modern within developing countries like India.
The economic risk of increased and global competition is being progressively passed on from

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Insecurity Hypothesis 2. The Insecurity Hypothesis and Flexibilization of Labour Markets 3. The Survey and Analysis 4. Correlates of Insecurity: Human Resource Management 5. Correlates of the Insecurity: Skill Formation 6. Correlates of Insecurity: Trade Unions 7. Conclusion

O autorze

Anuradha Kalhan has taught economics in Mumbai for thirty years and has a PhD in the subject from the University of Mumbai. She has been an active member of the Bombay University and College Teachers Union, a member of its executive committee and an elected member of the Senate of University of Mumbai. She was a Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi in 2013-15. As an independent researcher she now divides her time between California, Scotland, Mumbai and Pune.