Reconstituting the Industrial Worker
Precarity in the Indian Auto Sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2370575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Duvisac (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 533-548 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920518754341 |
| OpenAlex | W2789629266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
In the past 15 years, insecure employment relations as well as militant labor unrest have marked the Indian automobile sector. Through a case study of four final assembly automobile firms, from three regions in India, this article examines the mechanisms by which state interventions have shaped the rise of precarious work in the sector and its consequential implications for labor organizing. Drawing on firm level economic data and interviews with key stakeholders, this article argues that state interventions play a key role in disciplining and reconstituting the Indian automobile worker. The regional comparison of state interventions in the automobile sector helps to identify spaces for strengthening labor organizing around precarious work and the rights of the citizen-worker
Economic growth · Economics · Informal sector · Labor disputes · Labor relations · Labour economics · Labour law · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Precarious work · Precarity · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Unrest · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Gender Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Industrial Relations
Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India
Against the Law
Outsourcing Economics
Forces of Labor
The Unequal Effects of Liberalization
Managing the margins
Manufacturing Militance
The Fissured Workplace
Labor Policy and the Second Generation of Economic Reform in India
The precariat
Skills Development and Interfirm Learning Linkages under Globalization
Work and Wellbeing in Informal Economies
The Restructuring of Labour in the Automobile Industry in South Korea
The Politics of Precarity
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |