@article{1359042,
      recid = {1359042},
      author = {Yadav, Smita,},
      title = {Precarious Labour and Informal Economy : Work, Anarchy,  and Society in an Indian Village /},
      pages = {1 online resource (XXV, 253 pages 2 illustrations, 1  illustration in color.) :},
      abstract = {An empirical account of one of India's largest indigenous  populations, this book tells the story of the Gonds--who  currently face displacement and governmental control of the  region's forests, which has crippled their economy. Rather  than protesting and calling for state intervention, the  Gonds have turned toward an informal economy: they not only  engage with flexible forms of work, but also bargain for  higher wages and experience agency and autonomy. Smita  Yadav conceives of this withdrawal from the state in favour  of precarious forms of work as an expression of anarchy by  this marginalized population. Even as she provides rich  detail of the Gonds' unusual working lives, which integrate  work, labour, and debt practices with ideologies of family  and society, Yadav illustrates the strength required to  maintain dignity when a welfare state has failed.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1359042},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77971-3},
}