Mobility as Capability

Women in the Indian Informal Economy
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-83642-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

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?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Menon, Nikhila

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Transformational Mobility as Capability; 2. Reflections on Transformational Mobility, Autonomy and Women's Work; 3. Women in 'Kerala Model': Myths and Realities; 4. Situating Informal Work by Women in Fisheries in Kerala; 5. 'Measuring Mobility' of Women: Unravelling the 'Explicit' and the 'Implicit'; 6. Pathways to Transformational Mobility of Women Workers: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis; 7. 'Subordinating Self': 'Maneuvering Patriarchy' among Women Workers; 8. Self Categorisation, Group Identity and Agency among Women Fish Vendors; 9. Transformational Mobility: From Individual to Collective Agency of Informal Women Workers; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Menon, Nikhila
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.