Emerging Work Trends in Urban India: COVID-19 and Beyond (Urban Futures)

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Synopsis
This book offers an overview of India’s emerging digital economy and the resulting challenges and opportunities for urban workplaces. It examines contemporary economic and social transformations in India by focusing on how new technologies and policies are shaping urban work practices and patterns. The book emphasizes inclusive and equitable practices that consider the needs of the formal and informal sector workforce as essential to India’s urban development. Drawing on cross-disciplinary frameworks, it examines key issues related to work trends in the Indian urban economy and its digital landscapes, including Industry 4.0 and technology–labour nexus, smart cities and innovation, urbanism and consumerism, workplace transitions such as service industry and remote work, digital divide, skill development initiatives, and the impact of socio-economic inequalities and disruptions. The authors provide perspectives on the digital future of urban work in India and other emerging economies in the post-COVID-19 phase, and underscore the importance of enacting balanced policies, remodelling institutions, and equipping the labour force for adapting to new demands related to future employability and investments. This book will interest students, teachers, and researchers of urban studies, urban sociology, sociology of work, labour studies, human and urban geography, economic geography, urban economics, development studies, urban development and planning, public policy, regional planning, politics of urban development, social and cultural change, urban sustainability, environmental studies, management studies, South Asian Studies, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to policymakers, non-governmental organizations, activists, and those interested in India and the future of the global economy.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
208 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000541069
Related ISBNs:
9781032205687, 9781003264194, 9781032027548
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Nidhi Tandon, Pratyusha Basu, Omkumar Krishnan and Bhavani R.V. The right of Nidhi Tandon, Pratyusha Basu, Omkumar Krishnan and Bhavani R.V. to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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