{"product_id":"womens-work-in-the-unorganized-sector-9781032330563","title":"Womens Work in the Unorganized Sector","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender constructions, global capitalism, and global racism in shaping the ideologies and conceptions about men and women at work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume presents a gendered postcolonial perspective on women''s employment in the context of social and economic processes that are critical to globalization. It focuses on Telangana''s Nizamabad district - where a majority of the women population are employed in the beedi industry. Through detailed surveys and case studies, the author analyses different aspects of exploitation of these women such as poor working conditions, income inequalities, health risks and the realities of child labour in the process of beedi making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed, this book will be of great interest to students, resear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart A. \u003c\/b\u003e1: Introduction. 2: The Beedi industry: Structure and Organization. 3: Women’s work in the Unorganised sectors- Issues of Marginalisation and Globalisation. 4: Child work and Child Labour. 5: Anti-tobacco history and control. 6: The Region: The Field. \u003cb\u003ePart B: The Study. \u003c\/b\u003e7: The Beedi worker: Socio Economic profile. 8: Beedi Making at home and at the Work shed. 9. Invisible labour: The Girl child worker. 10: Beedi making, health and disease. 11: Narratives of Vulnerability and Exploitation.12: Conclusions and the way forward. Bibliography. \u003cb\u003ePart C: Appendix \u003c\/b\u003e1.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMap of Telangana with the three regions , Armoor, Balkonda and Nizamabad and Hyderabad Urban area. 2. A list of few Beedi factories in Telangana. \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018981343575,"sku":"9781032330563","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032330563.jpg?v=1750778904","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/womens-work-in-the-unorganized-sector-9781032330563","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}