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Afxentiadis, D E (2010) Interpreting a major event organization's efforts to reliably manage information security risks: the case of the Athens 2004 Olympics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Barros de Oliveira, N R (2013) A theory of coordination voids in dynamic inter-organisational relationships: a study of social housing projects in England, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Bowers, R (2019) Gendered economies of extraction: seeking permanence amidst the rubble of Bengaluru's construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: anthropology; developer; foundation; gender; India; land; real estate; women
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- URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/4072/
- Abstract:
Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka state in southern India, has undergone rapid transformation in recent decades, from 'Pensioner's paradise' to 'The city of the future'. At present, its kinetic landscape reflects the competing aspirations of an array of global investors, entrepreneurs, local politicians and would-be real estate moguls. But what of those who lay the foundations for this possibility? By focusing on the lives and labour of women and their families working in construction, this thesis sheds light on a frequently overlooked demographic of co-contributors to Bengaluru's growth. Attending to the precarity experienced by interlocutors, this thesis situates women's endeavours to establish familial forms of permanence through an ethic of pragmatism. Illustrating how such projects are strived towards, it examines the cultivation of pragmatism to navigate various aspects of the city, and beyond. By acknowledging the resources long-term resident communities may acquire in the city, this thesis also examines the contrasting liminality experienced by migrant workers, who have scant access to these. In doing so, it attends to the ways in which urban precarity is shaped and harnessed by real estate developers seeking to maximise profit and devolve the financial risks of industry speculation. Illuminating how hegemonic masculinity informs these actions and subsequently, who is able to speculate, this thesis attends to the gendered relations that belie economies of extraction. Making visible employer strategies to maintain flexible labour, it also explores workers' efforts to counter precarity via the state and their own forms of collective organisation. Utilising ethnographic data collected during fieldwork between October 2014-May 2016 and August 2016-February 2017, this thesis provides a nuanced perspective of the gendered relations of production and social reproduction; and the political life that unfolds between them. Attending to the intersectionality of precarious labour conditions, it contributes to the overlapping fields of the anthropology of work, gender, and economics.
Cho, Y (2000) The Korean housebuilding industry: aspects of growth, efficiency and diversification, 1980-1995, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Eccles, T S (2009) The English building industry in late modernity: an empirical investigation of the definition, construction and meaning of profession, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Morton, C N (1979) Collective bargaining in building and civil engineering: a case study of three major re-development protects in the City of London, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Stephenson, J (2015) The organisation of work and wages in the London building trades in the long eighteenth century, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Thiel, D J (2005) Builders: the social organisation of a construction site, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).
Watson, H B (1975) Organizational bases of professional status: a comparative study of the engineering profession, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).