Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India

This book explores Indian women's economic contribution through paid and unpaid work in different sectors of the economy and society in extremely diverse life situations and geographical locations. It highlights gender implications of interlinkages between local, national, regional and global dimensions of women's paid and unpaid work in India. It encompasses a vast canvas of life worlds of working women in the metropolitan, urban, peri-urban, rural, tribal areas in manufacturing, agricultural, fisheries, sericulture, plantation and service sectors of the Indian economy. It provides nuanced insights into intersectional marginalities of caste, class, ethnicity, religion and gender. The chapters are based on primary data collection and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. It presents the multiple marginalities of Indian women in the globalized political economy of the 21st century. It not only focuses on emerging issues but also suggests evidence-based policy imperatives. This book is an essential read for researchers, scholars, policymakers, practitioners and students of women/gender studies.  

List of contents

Introduction.- Macroeconomic Policies, Globalisation and Women in the Work Force.- Women's Work: Worker's Agency and Dignity of Labour Under Lens.- Where do Migrant Women Work? Glimpses of Paid and Unpaid Work among Women Migrant Workers in Informal Sector in India.- Women's Paid Work as a Bubble of Empowerment: A Case Study of a Social Enterprise Working with Women Artisans.- Decoding Professional Women: An Analysis of Social Structure and Organizational Role Stress.- Gender, Labour, and the Social Reproduction of Motherhood: A Study of Commercial Surrogacy in Mumbai.- The Travails of Women Street Entrepreneurs in Aizawl, Mizoram.- Negotiating Rights for Street Vendors: The Importance of Incorporating a Gender Perspective.- Begging or Caste-based Urban occupations?.- Making Visible the Invisible: Women Artists and Herstory.- Breaking Boundaries- Women in the Non-Traditional Livelihoods as ProfessionalDrivers.

About the author

Vibhuti Patel is Ph.D. in Economics, University of Mumbai. She was awarded Visiting Fellowship to the London School of Economics and Politcal Science from Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK, in 1992-93. She has authored and co-authored 12 books; edited and co-edited 9 books and contributed over 100 papers as chapters in various books edited by others. She has also authored and co-authored 34 research monographs and reports. Her research papers, comments, commentaries and reviews have been published in the national as well as international academic journals. For E PG Pathshala, UGC, Delhi, she has been a paper coordinator for 'Women and Economics' (20 modules) for M.A. Women's Studies Course, and she has been a writer for 9 modules and reviewer for 11 modules. Video recorded 11 modules. For course on M.A. in Adult, Continuing and Extension Education, she wrote and presented 4 modules, and video recorded 4 modules.

Nandita Mondal is an assistant professor, Centre for Labour Studies, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and is a trained social worker from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. She has worked on empowerment of Koli fisherwomen in Mumbai for her Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai. She has worked with government, nongovernment and corporate as well as educational institutions during her professional career across India spanning nearly three decades. Her research interest covers the issues of women in informal labour, women's work and dignity, cooperative governance and women, child labour and corporate social responsibility.  She has several refereed publications and numerous professional presentations to her credit.

Report

"This is an interesting and wide-ranging book ... . the book explicitly sets out to offer a critical perspective on women in the workforce in the context of macroeconomic policies and neo-liberal economic globalisation." (Geeta Balakrishnan, Social Change, Vol. 53 (4), December, 2023)
"The book by Patel and Mondel is treasure of knowledge for anyone who wishes to learn and comprehend 'women and work', whether in totality or with respect to any specific segment/domain. It is an eclectic assemblage inclusive of theoretical underpinnings and voices from the rural as well as urban grassroots. A must read for academicians, researchers, students, practitioners from wide disciplines to expand their knowledge and attain holistic understanding on the subject!" (Meenu Anand, The Urban World, Vol. 15 (2), 2022)

Product details

Assisted by	Mondal (Editor), Nandita Mondal (Editor), Vibhuti Patel (Editor)
Publisher	Springer, Berlin
Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	01.04.2023
EAN	9789811699764
ISBN	978-981-1699-76-4
No. of pages	277
Dimensions	155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
Illustrations	XX, 277 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Product details

• Assisted by: Mondal (Editor), Nandita Mondal (Editor), Vibhuti Patel (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9789811699764
• ISBN: 978-981-1699-76-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Illustrations: XX, 277 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories