Since the 1980s, the world's governments have decreased state welfare and thus increased the number of unprotected 'informal' or 'precarious' workers. As a resu

This book examines informal workers' alternative social movements in India.

What have English terms such as 'civil society', 'democracy', 'development' or 'nationalism' come to mean in an Indian context and how have their meanings and u

Indian states are the main arenas in which popular expectations around healthcare, education, and social security intersect with electoral politics. Yet the way