TY - BOOK AU - Bhowmik,Sharit TI - The state of labour: the global financial crisis and its impact SN - 9780415710954 U1 - 331.1 22 PY - 2014/// CY - India PB - Routledg KW - Labor KW - India KW - Labor laws and legislation KW - Working class KW - Labor union N1 - From the crisis of distribution to the distribution of the costs of the crisis -- Financial liberalization, deregulated labour markets and new asset market-driven capitalism -- Exploring the link between the labour market, business environment and technology: insights from India -- Global value chains and trade union strategies: implementing international framework agreements -- Organizing workers beyond an employment relationship: a case of independent drivers in road freight transport -- Decent work for urban informal workers: the case of street vendors in Mumbai -- Capital accumulation in the peripheral city: socio-spatial conflict and urban governance -- Indian labour standards in global production systems: a study of IT services and the ITE/BPO sector -- The new work order as contested terrain: call centres in South Africa -- Informal labour: strategies for protection -- From fashion to financial products: working conditions in chosen units of C & A -- Globalization and transformation of the workplace: need for new forms of trade union organization ER -