The worlds of Indian industrial labour : [papers presented at the Worlds of Indian Industrial Labour, Amsterdam, 1997

This book addresses social processes and consequences of industrialisation in India - the growing disjunction between 'traditional' concerns of Indian sociology and the study of industrial labour. Introduction / Jonathan P. Parry -- 1. The Study Of Industrial Labour In Post-colonial India-the Formal Sector: An Introductory Review / Jan Breman -- 2. Work And Resistance In The Jharia Coalfield / Dilip Simeon -- 3. On Living In The Kal(i)yug: Notes From Nagda, Madhya Pradesh / Christopher Pinney -- 4. Lords Of Labour: Working And Shirking In Bhilai / Jonathan P. Parry -- 5. Just Like A Family? Recalling The Relations Of Production In The Textile Industries Of Surat And Bhiwandi, 1940-60 / Douglas E. Haynes -- 6. Hope And Despair: Textile Workers In Kampur In 1973-38 And The 1990s / Chitra Joshi -- 7. Questions Of Class: The General Strikes In Bombay, 1928-29 / Rajnarayan Chandavarkar -- 8. At The Margins: Women Workers In The Bengal Jute Industry / Samita Sen -- 9. The Badi System In Industrial Labour Recruitment: Managers' And Workers' Strategies In Calcutta's Jute Industry / Arjan De Haan -- 10. Artisan Labour In The Agra Footwear Industry: Continued Informality And Changing Threats / Peter Knorringa -- 11. Gender Ideologies And The Formation Of Rural Industrial Classes In South India Today / Karin Kapadia 12. Diamonds And Patels: A Report On The Diamond Industry Of Surat / Miranda Engelshoven -- 13. Asking For And Giving Baki: Neo-bondage, Or The Interplay Of Bondage And Resistance In The Tamilnadu Power-loom Industry / Geert De Neve -- 14. The Study Of Industrial Labour In Post-colonical India-the Informal Sector: A Concluding Review / Jan Breman. Edited By Jonathan P. Parry, Jan Breman, Karin Kapadia. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This volume addresses the relative absence of recent sociological research on the social processes and consequences of industrialization in India, as well as the growing disjunction between the traditional concerns of Indian sociology with caste, kinship and ritual representations and values, and the study of industrial labour. It articulates a need for encouraging a rapprochement between the two.

Contains 14 papers which discuss industrial labour and its management. Examines the influence of caste and social class in recruitment and the position of women industrial workers