Classes of labour : work and life in a central indian steel town /
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| Author / Creator: | Parry, Jonathan P., author. |
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| Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. |
| Description: | xxx, 702 pages : illustrations, 3 maps; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12393391 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Text
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Glossary
- Part 1. Context
- 1. Introduction: A Symbol and a Portent
- 1.1. Preamble
- 1.2. A 'tragedy of development?
- 1.3. An instantiation of the dream?
- 1.4. A short guide to the text
- 2. Classes of Labour
- 2.1. The temptations of teleology
- 2.2. On the concept of class
- 2.3. Citadel or mountain?
- 2.4. Naukri and kam
- 2.5. Jobs as property
- 2.6. A summary conclusion
- 3. Building Bhilai
- 3.1. An Industrial 'monoculture'
- 3.2. Pioneer stories and the development of class differentiation
- 3.3. The space of the town
- 3.4. Peripheral bastis
- 3.5. Of settlers and sojourners
- 3.6. A summary conclusion
- 4. The Price of Modernity
- 4.1. Preamble
- 4.2. Displacement
- 4.3. Churning
- 4.4. In the happy world of the fields
- 4.5. Sacrifice
- 4.6. A summary conclusion
- Part 2. Work
- 5. A Post in the Plant
- 5.1. Framing
- 5.2. Recruitment and the reproduction of the workforce
- 5.3. Reservations
- 5.4. Compassionate appointments
- 5.5. 'Source' and 'note'
- 5.6. Pro motions
- 5.7. The size of the purse
- 5.8. Moonlighting
- 5.9. The status situation of BSP workers
- 5.10. A summary conclusion
- 6. The Work Situation of BSP Labour
- 6.1. Preamble
- 6.2. On the shop floor in the 1990s
- 6.3. Changes on the shop floor (2006)
- 6.4. Contract labour in the Plant
- 6.5. The working world of contract labour
- 6.6. Union politics in the Plant
- 6.7. The unions in the mines
- 6.8. A summary conclusion
- 7. Private Sector Industry
- 7.1. Framing
- 7.2. Private industry and the public sector
- 7.3. The unions, the employers and the state
- 7.4. The Kedia unions
- 7.5. On the shop floor - a case history
- 7.6. Differentiation
- 7.7. Demand labour
- 7.8. A summary conclusion
- 8. Informal Sector Labour and the Construction of Class
- 8.1. Framing
- 8.2. The character of construction labour
- 8.3. The labour chauris
- 8.4. Sex on site
- 8.5. Sex and class
- 8.6. A comparative note on recycling work
- 8.7. A summary conclusion
- Part 3. Life
- 9. Caste and Class in the Neighbourhood
- 9.1. Framing
- 9.2. From village to labour colony
- 9.3. Livelihoods
- 9.4. Indebtedness
- 9.5. Conflict and violence in the neighbourhood
- 9.6. Class differentiation in the basti
- 9.7. Caste in the neighbourhood
- 9.8. Caste 'atrocities'
- 9.9. A summary conclusion
- 10. Growing Up; Growing Apart
- 10.1. Preamble
- 10.2. The changed context of childhood
- 10.3. Childhood as a ticking clock
- 10.4. The work children do
- 10.5. Shalini's class
- 10.6. The end of childhood
- 10.7. Caste, class and childhood: A summary conclusion
- 11. Marriage and Remarriage
- 11.1. Framing
- 11.2. Ankalu's errant wife
- 11.3. The virgin bride and the 'made woman
- 11.4. Breaking the marriage bond: Some 'quantitative gossip'
- 11.5. BSP and the stability of marriage
- 11.6. Conjugality and the growth of intimacy
- 11.7. The burdens of women
- 11.8. A summary conclusion
- 12. Self-inflicted Death
- 12.1. Framing
- 12.2. Local discourse on suicide
- 12.3. The statistical fog
- 12.4. On the causes of 'causes'
- 12.5. Suicide and the law
- 12.6. A summary conclusion
- Part 4. Concluding
- 13. Focusing and Expanding the Lens
- 13.1. Framing
- 13.2. Stocktaking
- 13.3. The contrast with Rourkela
- 13.4. In other company towns
- 13.5. Naukri and kam in other settings
- References
- Index
