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The Political Economy of Gig Work in the Pandemic: Social Hierarchies and Labour Control of Indian Platform Workers 流行病中零工工作的政治经济学:印度平台工人的社会等级和劳动控制

4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231202185

Gayatri Nair

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The Impact of Parents’ Educational and Occupational Footprints on Children: Evidence From India 父母的教育和职业足迹对儿童的影响:来自印度的证据

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Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231190384

Nawazuddin Ahmed, D. K. Nauriyal

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Corruption and Palm Oil in a Cross-National Perspective: How India Contributes to Forest Loss in Peripheral Nations 跨国视角下的腐败与棕榈油:印度对周边国家森林损失的影响

4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231182754

Jamie Marie Sommer, Michael Restivo, John M. Shandra

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India’s Gig Economy Workers at the Time of Covid-19: An Introduction 新冠肺炎时期印度零工经济工人简介

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231182759

G. De Neve, Kaveri Medappa, Rebecca Prentice

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Learning to Strike in the Gig Economy: Mobilization Efforts by Food Delivery Workers in Hyderabad, India 学习在零工经济中罢工:印度海得拉巴外卖工人的动员努力

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231182877

Mohammad Sajjad Hussain

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Off-platform Social Networks and Gig Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India 印度COVID-19大流行期间的平台外社交网络和零工工作

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231191876

Rajorshi Ray, Jillet Sarah Sam

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Trends in Intergenerational Education Mobility in Bangladesh 孟加拉国代际教育流动趋势

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231182757

Rubaiya Murshed, Mohammad Riaz Uddin

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Book review: Sujata Patel, D. Parthasarathy and George Jose, Mumbai/Bombay: Majoritarian Neoliberalism, Informality, Resistance, and Wellbeing 书评:Sujata Patel, D. Parthasarathy和George Jose，孟买/孟买:多数主义新自由主义，非正式性，抵抗和福利

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231172273

Kaveri Medappa

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Book review: Jelle J. P. Wouters (Ed.), Vernacular Politics in Northeast India: Democracy, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity 书评：Jelle J.P.Wouters（编辑），《印度东北部的白话政治：民主、种族和愤怒》

IF 0.7 4区经济学

Journal of South Asian Development Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/09731741231174288

Vibha Joshi

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Book review: Bhaswati Bhattacharya and Henrike Donner (Eds.), Globalising Everyday Consumption in India: History and Ethnography 书评：Bhaswati Bhattacharya和Henrike Donner（编辑），《印度日常消费全球化：历史与民族志》