City of shadows : slums and informal work in Bangalore / Supriya RoyChowdhury.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2021Description: x, 231 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781108839365 :Subject(s): Urban poor -- India -- Bangalore | Slums -- India -- Bangalore | Informal sector (Economics) -- India -- Bangalore | Bangalore (India) -- Social condtions -- 21st century | Bangalore (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 362.5091732095487Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Textual Documents | Institute of Development Studies Kolkata | 362.5091732095487 R8889c (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 8645 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
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