Mobility as Capability: Women in the Indian Informal Economy - Couverture rigide

Menon, Nikhila

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108836429 ISBN 13 : 9781108836425

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book highlights accounts of women workers to capture the domains of gendered mobility, which challenges the exalted status conferred on women in the Kerala model of development. It contests and deconstructs the development discourse which considers women's work mobility as an indicator of autonomy and agency using Capability Approach. The concept of 'transformational mobility' and its measurement introduced in the book advances the understanding of mobility, autonomy and agency and the intersectionality in the context of gender and work. Through an in-depth exploration of lived experiences of informal women workers the author illustrates how patriarchal structures are shaped and reinforced by work places, markets and the state. The central question is - can we steer development policies to facilitate collective capabilities for women where informal work arrangements are becoming the norm?

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À propos de l'auteur

Nikhila Menon is Director of the Department of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance in the Government of India. She has worked with research organisations and government institutions in India in the areas of development planning, chronic poverty, human development, public finance, and monitoring and evaluation of government employment programmes. Her research interests are gender and employment issues and institutional economics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108836429
• ISBN 13: 9781108836425
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie