1st Edition
Enhancing Capabilities through Labour Law Informal Workers in India
By Supriya Routh
Copyright 2014
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled ‘Decent work and the informal economy’ in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal... Read more
Introduction 1. Informality and India: A Workers’ Perspective 2. Realizing Constitutional Guarantees through Private Action: Informal Workers’ Struggle in India 3. Freedom as Human Development 4. Social Dialogue in Promoting Decent Work for Informal Workers 5. A Capability Approach to Labour Law 6. Study on Capability Deprivations of Waste-Pickers in Kolkata, India 7. Proposal for a Labour Law Framework for Waste-Pickers in India Conclusion
Biography
Supriya Routh is a France-ILO Research Chair and Scientific Advisor at the Nantes Institute for Advanced Study, Nantes, France. Formerly he was an Assistant Professor of Law at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India. His research interests are labour law, informal economic activities, law and development, human rights, and the capability approach.
