Of poverty and plastic : scavenging and scrap trading entrepreneurs in India's urban informal economy

Author/Creator:: Gill, Kaveri
Publication/Creation:: New Delhi ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2010]
Format:: Book

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Full Title:: Of poverty and plastic : scavenging and scrap trading entrepreneurs in India's urban informal economy / Kaveri Gill

Subjects:: Plastics industry and trade--India--Delhi
Recycling industry--India--Delhi
Plastic scrap--India--Delhi
Plastic scrap--Economic aspects--India--Delhi
Plastics--Recycling--Economic aspects--India--Delhi
Poverty--India--Delhi
Ragpickers--India--Delhi
Delhi (India)--Economic conditions

Table of Contents:: Introduction -- The city of Delhi -- Waste as informal sector work : measuring income poverty, inequality, and deprivation -- Interlinked contracts and social power : patronage and exploitation in the waste recovery market -- Exploitation or entrepreneurship? Scrap traders and the economics of survival in the informal economy -- From pigs and pollution to plastics and progress : recasting low caste status through an informal market -- 'Bourgeois environmentalism', the state, the judiciary, and the 'urban poor' : the political mobilization of a scheduled caste market -- Conclusion.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-268) and index.
Summary:: On the economics of plastic scrap industry and scavengers; a study conducted in Delhi.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xix, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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