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India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime (2021)
Book Chapter
Mezzadri, A. (2021). India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime. In T. McDonough, D. M. Kotz, & M. Reich (Eds.), Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory, Edited by Terrence McDonough, Cian McMahon and David M. Kotz (152-169). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975971.00023

This chapter reflects on the achievements of the Social Structure of Accumulation School (SSA) in contributing to our understanding of Indian informal capitalism. At the same time, it also indicates ways to integrate this approach with other theoreti... Read More about India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime.

The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Mezzadri, A., & Banerjee, K. (2021). The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy. Helsinki

The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated processes of labour transition from industrial work to the informal economy, which have always characterized the life of the working poor. Exploring urban-to-rural labour transitions through a feminist political ec... Read More about The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy.

Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction (2021)
Journal Article
Mezzadri, A., Newman, S., & Stevano, S. (2022). Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction. Review of International Political Economy, 29(6), 1783-1803. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2021.1957977

The COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed the relevance of social reproduction as a key analytical lens to interrogate contemporary capitalist processes. Building on insights from distinct theoretical traditions, in this introductory contribution to the sp... Read More about Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction.

Hidden Abodes in Plain Sight: The Social Reproduction of Households and Labour in the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Stevano, S., Mezzadri, A., Lombardozzi, L., & Bargawi, H. (2021). Hidden Abodes in Plain Sight: The Social Reproduction of Households and Labour in the COVID-19 pandemic. Feminist Economics, 27(1/2), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2020.1854478

This article deploys a feminist political economy approach centered on social reproduction to analyze the reconfiguration and regeneration of multiple inequalities in households and the labor markets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on this approa... Read More about Hidden Abodes in Plain Sight: The Social Reproduction of Households and Labour in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marx in the Field (2021)
Book
Mezzadri, A. (Ed.). (2021). Marx in the Field. Anthem Press

Marx in the Field is a unique edited collection illustrating the relevance of Marxian methods to study contemporary capitalism and the global development process. Essays in the collection bring Marx ‘to the field’ in three ways. They illustrate how M... Read More about Marx in the Field.