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Turbulence ahead: labour and struggles in times of the Covid-19 pandemic in India (2021)
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Miyamura, S. (2021). Turbulence ahead: labour and struggles in times of the Covid-19 pandemic in India. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 42(1/2), 165-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2021.1894415

One year into the Covid-19 pandemic, India is in the midst of a struggle over its future economic and social relations. During this period, the Indian state has pursued policies that have further intensified labour exploitation and widened inequality... Read More about Turbulence ahead: labour and struggles in times of the Covid-19 pandemic in India.

Rethinking Labour Market Institutions in Indian Industry: Forms, Functions and Socio-historical Contexts (2016)
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Miyamura, S. (2016). Rethinking Labour Market Institutions in Indian Industry: Forms, Functions and Socio-historical Contexts. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 43(6), 1262-1284. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2016.1192608

The emerging literature on institutional functionalism opens opportunities for historically- and socially-sensitive analysis of institutions, especially if it is complemented by a material understanding of institutions and their location within the w... Read More about Rethinking Labour Market Institutions in Indian Industry: Forms, Functions and Socio-historical Contexts.

Diverse trajectories of industrial restructuring and labour organising in India (2016)
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Miyamura, S. (2016). Diverse trajectories of industrial restructuring and labour organising in India. Third World Quarterly, 37(10), 1921-1941. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1198228

It is often claimed that industrial restructuring leads to diminished roles for trade unionism and other forms of labour organisations by informalising employment and relocating production. Drawing on selected case studies from long term fieldwork in... Read More about Diverse trajectories of industrial restructuring and labour organising in India.

Class Dynamics of Development: A Methodological Note (2016)
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Campling, L., Miyamura, S., Pattenden, J., & Selwyn, B. (2016). Class Dynamics of Development: A Methodological Note. Third World Quarterly, 37(10), 1745-1767. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1200440

This article argues that class relations are constitutive of development processes and central to understanding inequality within and between countries. Class is conceived as arising out of exploitative social relations of production, but is formulat... Read More about Class Dynamics of Development: A Methodological Note.

Class Struggle or Embedded Markets? Marx, Polanyi and the Meanings and Possibilities of Social Transformation (2014)
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Selwyn, B., & Miyamura, S. (2014). Class Struggle or Embedded Markets? Marx, Polanyi and the Meanings and Possibilities of Social Transformation. New Political Economy, 19(5), 639-661. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2013.844117

Marx and Polanyi both held that socialism, in one form or another, was a preferable and possible alternative to capitalism. Their ideas are seen to offer theoretical tools to understand the tensions and contradictions of capitalism, and to inform way... Read More about Class Struggle or Embedded Markets? Marx, Polanyi and the Meanings and Possibilities of Social Transformation.

Emerging Consensus on Labour Market Institutions and Implications for Developing Countries: From the Debates in India (2012)
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Miyamura, S. (2012). Emerging Consensus on Labour Market Institutions and Implications for Developing Countries: From the Debates in India. Forum for Social Economics, 41(1), 97-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12143-011-9099-4

This paper makes a critical intervention to on-going theoretical and policy debates in the economic analysis of labour market institutions (LMIs) in the context of recent debates in India. It focuses on the internal inconsistency of mainstream econom... Read More about Emerging Consensus on Labour Market Institutions and Implications for Developing Countries: From the Debates in India.

Diversity of Labour Market Institutions in Indian Industry: A Comparison of Mumbai and Kolkata (2011)
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Miyamura, S. (2011). Diversity of Labour Market Institutions in Indian Industry: A Comparison of Mumbai and Kolkata. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 54(1), 113-130

This study examines labour–management relations in Indian industries in order to provide an alternative analysis of labour market reform priorities. Using a combination of micro level data collected from field research in Mumbai and Kolkata, compleme... Read More about Diversity of Labour Market Institutions in Indian Industry: A Comparison of Mumbai and Kolkata.