Gender and Labour in Contemporary India - India

Highlighting the gendered nature of labor and domestic regimes as well as the links between households, labor markets, factories and the state, this book explores the relationship between gender and economic/industrial restructuring in India.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Conceptualizing Gender and Economic Restructuring 2. State Intervention: Industrial Policy and Labour Regulation 3. Segmented and Overlapping Labour Markets: Social Characteristics of Workers in the Electronics Industry, Delhi 4. Gendered Labour Regimes Established in the Era of Regulation 5. Gendered Labour Regimes Established in the Era of De-Regulation 6. Citizenship in Practice: Organization at the Workplace and Negotiating Autonomy in the Household 7. Informalization at the Workplace and Vulnerability of the Household. Conclusion

About the author

Amrita Chhachhi is Lecturer in Women, Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. Her research interests are gender, labour, poverty and socio-economic restructuring; citizenship, social protection and human security with particular reference to the labour market and social policies and gender, culture and globalisation. S She has written several books and papers on these subjects.

Summary

Highlighting the gendered nature of labor and domestic regimes as well as the links between households, labor markets, factories and the state, this book explores the relationship between gender and economic/industrial restructuring in India.

Product details

• Authors: Amrita Chachi, Amrita Chhachhi, Amrita (Institute of Social Studies Chhachhi, Chhachhi Amrita
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2026
• EAN: 9780415421935
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42193-5
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia; Routledge Studies in the Growt; Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, India, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Gender studies, gender groups, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General