| ID | 182487 |
| Title Proper | Flexibility and Informalisation of Labour |
| Other Title Information | Intangible Assets, Family and the Informal Economy in India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Yadav, Smytta |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this article, I demonstrate, through the use of the life course perspective, how informal work in the form of verbal wage contracts might lead to dignity and autonomy amongst the rural poor. The article draws attention to a broader comparative context of how indigenous autonomies are produced. In that they have the relative freedom to engage in a range of informal work as discussed, the Gonds’ autonomy in a neoliberal sense consists of self-governance, which draws attention to the indigenous community’s conception of the self as an economic and autonomous entity that is sustained by a range of social networks. |
| `In' analytical Note |
Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 56, No.8; Dec 2021: p.1953-1966 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2021-12 56, 8 |
| Key Words | Economy ; India ; Precarity ; Work ; Informality |