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Labour in global production networks in India

By:

Posthuma, Anne; Nathan, Dev Ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford University Press New Delhi 2010Description: xvi,373p 22cm ; Hard BoundISBN:

978-0198064136

Subject(s):

Economics Globalization--Economic aspects International business enterprises India

DDC classification:

331.120954 POS

Contents:

Introduction: Scope for aligning economic and social upgrading within global production networks in India / Anne Posthuma and Dev Nathan -- Global aggregate demand, inequality, and the prospects for decent work / Dev Nathan -- Beyond 'regulatory enclaves': challenges and opportunities to promote decent work in global production networks / Anne Posthuma -- Reach and depth of responsible production: towards a research agenda / Peter Knorringa -- Global production networks and decent work in India and China: evidence from the apparel, automotive, and information technology industries / Gary Gereffi and Estra Güler -- Decent work in global production networks: challenges for vulnerable workers in the Indian garments sector / Stephanie Barrientos, Kanchan Mathur, and Atul Sood -- Footloose capital, intermediation, and the search for the 'high road' in low-wage industries / Meenu Tewari -- Labour market adjustment and female workers: global production and expiry of quotas in India's textiles and garment industry / Indira Hirway -- Global agribusiness value chains, small producers, and workers in India: governance, upgrading opportunities, policies, and strategies / Sukhpal Singh --Gender, labour, and global production networks: indigenous women and NTFP-based livelihoods / Govind Kelkar, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, and Meenakshi Kumar -- Upgradation or flexible casualization? Exploring the dynamics of global value chain incorporation in the Indian leather industry / Sumangala Damodaran -- Cost cutting pressures and labour relations in Tamil Nadu's automobile components in supply chain / T.G. Suresh -- Small producers and labour conditions in auto parts and components industry in North India / Dinesh Awasthi, Sanjay Pal, and Jignasu Yagnik -- Taking the high road? Labour in the Indian software outsourcing industry / Carol Upadhya -- Global production networks and decent work: recent experience in India and global trends / Sandip Sarkar and Balwant Singh Mehta.

Summary: Contributed articles presented at an international workshop of "Global Production Networks and Decent Work: Recent Experience in India and Global Trends" held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore from 18-20 November, 2007.

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Introduction: Scope for aligning economic and social upgrading within global production networks in India / Anne Posthuma and Dev Nathan --
Global aggregate demand, inequality, and the prospects for decent work / Dev Nathan --
Beyond 'regulatory enclaves': challenges and opportunities to promote decent work in global production networks / Anne Posthuma --
Reach and depth of responsible production: towards a research agenda / Peter Knorringa --
Global production networks and decent work in India and China: evidence from the apparel, automotive, and information technology industries / Gary Gereffi and Estra Güler --
Decent work in global production networks: challenges for vulnerable workers in the Indian garments sector / Stephanie Barrientos, Kanchan Mathur, and Atul Sood --
Footloose capital, intermediation, and the search for the 'high road' in low-wage industries / Meenu Tewari --
Labour market adjustment and female workers: global production and expiry of quotas in India's textiles and garment industry / Indira Hirway --
Global agribusiness value chains, small producers, and workers in India: governance, upgrading opportunities, policies, and strategies / Sukhpal Singh --Gender, labour, and global production networks: indigenous women and NTFP-based livelihoods / Govind Kelkar, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, and Meenakshi Kumar --
Upgradation or flexible casualization? Exploring the dynamics of global value chain incorporation in the Indian leather industry / Sumangala Damodaran --
Cost cutting pressures and labour relations in Tamil Nadu's automobile components in supply chain / T.G. Suresh --
Small producers and labour conditions in auto parts and components industry in North India / Dinesh Awasthi, Sanjay Pal, and Jignasu Yagnik --
Taking the high road? Labour in the Indian software outsourcing industry / Carol Upadhya --
Global production networks and decent work: recent experience in India and global trends / Sandip Sarkar and Balwant Singh Mehta.

Contributed articles presented at an international workshop of "Global Production Networks and Decent Work: Recent Experience in India and Global Trends" held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore from 18-20 November, 2007.

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