AT WORK IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY OF INDIA; List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Political Economy of Dualism; 2. A Short History of the Informal Sector; 3. At Work; 4. Circulation and Immobilization of Labour; 5. Social Profile and Locale; 6. Resistance to Exclusion and Coping with Insecurity; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; SELECTED READINGS; Publishers Acknowledgement; 1.The Market for Non-agrarian Labour: The Formal versus; Informal Sector; 2.

The Study of Industrial Labour in Post-colonial India:; The Formal SectorAn Introductory Review; 3. A Question of Poverty; 4. Quality of the Labour Process; 5. The Expulsion ofLabour from the Formal Sector; of the Economy; 6. Neo-bondage: A Fieldwork-based Account; 7. Proletarian Life and Social Consciousness; 8. Informality as a Regime of Exploitation and; Marginalization; 9. Myths of the Global Safety Net; 10.

The Eventual Return of Social Darwinism; Bibliography; About the Author.