Saumya Chakrabarti
Biographic Data
| ID | 6893567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saumya Chakrabarti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saumya |
| FAMILY NAME | Chakrabarti |
| SIGNATURE | CHAKRABARTI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Visva-Bharati University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0475-2894 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nature of the Firm, Relations of Exchange, and Objective of Production
This article analyses the nature of firms, relations of exchange, and the objective of production of micro firms engaged in two types of manufacturing activities operating across West Bengal, India: handloom weaving and forging fabrication. Our primary data-based analysis shows that while the handloom is an entirely household labor-based activity, forging fabrication significantly uses hired labor. However, these micro firms are intrinsically non…
Neo-Dualism
A dominant strand of orthodoxy argues that the problem of the informal sector could be mitigated through the capitalistic growth process. But our observations on India are different—with an expansion of the capitalistic formal sector, as the economy grows, there is a proliferation of fissured informality. Using a structuralist macro-model, we provide certain explanations for this phenomenon, which are also tested empirically using Indian subnatio…
Urbanization and Exclusion
The processes of modern urbanization across the Global South have generated an intense debate. While mainstream researchers view it as largely inclusive and advocating for slum development, critics argue that this process has an inherent tendency to displace slum. Given this perspective, the authors show that there is, in fact, a change in the location of Indian slums and the slum population from city centers to city fringes, where fringes are fo…
Inclusive Growth and Social Change
With in-depth theoretical foundations and empirical analysis, the book interrogates the paradigm of 'growth' being 'inclusive', proposing that only a comprehensive structural change can resolve the challenges of the informal sector
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme of India
The need for containment of “surplus population,” deployment of untapped resources and ensuring “right to work” have induced the developing world to take up programmes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India. However, contrary to the proposed target of short- and long-run employment generation outside the circuit of big capital, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, in fact, could act as an instrument for capital ac…
Urbanization and Exclusion
The processes of modern urbanization across the Global South have generated an intense debate. While mainstream researchers view it as largely inclusive and advocating for slum development, critics argue that this process has an inherent tendency to displace slum. Given this perspective, the authors show that there is, in fact, a change in the location of Indian slums and the slum population from city centers to city fringes, where fringes are fo…
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme of India
The need for containment of “surplus population,” deployment of untapped resources and ensuring “right to work” have induced the developing world to take up programmes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India. However, contrary to the proposed target of short- and long-run employment generation outside the circuit of big capital, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, in fact, could act as an instrument for capital ac…
Inclusive Growth and Social Change
With in-depth theoretical foundations and empirical analysis, the book interrogates the paradigm of 'growth' being 'inclusive', proposing that only a comprehensive structural change can resolve the challenges of the informal sector
Neo-Dualism
A dominant strand of orthodoxy argues that the problem of the informal sector could be mitigated through the capitalistic growth process. But our observations on India are different—with an expansion of the capitalistic formal sector, as the economy grows, there is a proliferation of fissured informality. Using a structuralist macro-model, we provide certain explanations for this phenomenon, which are also tested empirically using Indian subnatio…
Urbanization and Exclusion
The processes of modern urbanization across the Global South have generated an intense debate. While mainstream researchers view it as largely inclusive and advocating for slum development, critics argue that this process has an inherent tendency to displace slum. Given this perspective, the authors show that there is, in fact, a change in the location of Indian slums and the slum population from city centers to city fringes, where fringes are fo…
Nature of the Firm, Relations of Exchange, and Objective of Production
This article analyses the nature of firms, relations of exchange, and the objective of production of micro firms engaged in two types of manufacturing activities operating across West Bengal, India: handloom weaving and forging fabrication. Our primary data-based analysis shows that while the handloom is an entirely household labor-based activity, forging fabrication significantly uses hired labor. However, these micro firms are intrinsically non…
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Population (2 works)