M S Sreerekha

State Without Honour

Women Workers in India's Anganwadis

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an attempt to rethink the meaning of work in order to contribute towards a better understanding of women's work and its devaluation. The book specifically focuses on the role of the state towards the same and uses the example of the concept of the honorary women workers in India's ICDS to elaborate on the same.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199468164
• ISBN-10: 0199468168
• Artikelnr.: 48065258

Autorenporträt

M.S. Sreerekha is a faculty member at the Global Studies Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Understanding Work: Work, Worker, and the Woman Worker
2: Women Workers in India: Issues and Debates
3: The Story of the Honorary Workers in India's Anganwadis
4: Anganwadi Workers in the National Capital Region
5: Resistance and Struggles around the Honorary Worker's Rights
6: Not for 'Honour': Just for Rights
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author