Labour law reforms in India: all in the name of jobs
Series: Critical political economy of South AsiaPublication details: London Routledge 2018Description: xxii, 313 pISBN: 9781138323520Subject(s): Labour Economics | Asian Studies | Sociology and Social Policy | Industrial relations | Labor laws and legislation | Labor policy | Political economy - South AsiaDDC classification: 334.5401 Summary: Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understand the subject, and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. There is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. Therefore, job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However, the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible, then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power, incapacitates trade union movement, skews class distribution of output, dilutes workers’ rights, and renders them vulnerable. The book: identifies and critically examines the theory underlying the labour market flexibility (LMF) argument employs innovative empirical methods to test the LMF argument offers an overview of the organised labour market in India comprehensively discusses the proposed/instituted labour law reforms in the country contextualises the LMF argument in a macroeconomic setting discusses the political economy of labour law reforms in India. This book will interest scholars and researchers in economics, development studies, and public policy as well as economists, policymakers, and teachers of human resource management. https://www.routledge.com/Labour-Law-Reforms-in-India-All-in-the-Name-of-Jobs/Roychowdhury/p/book/9781138713635| Item type | Current library | Item location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vikram Sarabhai Library General Stacks | Rack 21-A / Slot 790 (0 Floor, East Wing) | Non-fiction | 334.5401 R6L2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 197356 |
Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understand the subject, and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. There is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. Therefore, job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However, the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible, then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power, incapacitates trade union movement, skews class distribution of output, dilutes workers’ rights, and renders them vulnerable. The book:
identifies and critically examines the theory underlying the labour market flexibility (LMF) argument
employs innovative empirical methods to test the LMF argument
offers an overview of the organised labour market in India
comprehensively discusses the proposed/instituted labour law reforms in the country
contextualises the LMF argument in a macroeconomic setting
discusses the political economy of labour law reforms in India.
This book will interest scholars and researchers in economics, development studies, and public policy as well as economists, policymakers, and teachers of human resource management.
https://www.routledge.com/Labour-Law-Reforms-in-India-All-in-the-Name-of-Jobs/Roychowdhury/p/book/9781138713635
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