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Entrevista a Sharit Bhowmik

Biografia:

http://www.tiss.edu/faculty/Bhowmik

Perguntas feitas durante a entrevista:
Following questions are related to ALICE Thematic Areas of: Democratizing Democracy, Other Economies and Transformative Constitutionalism — all of which are quite related to the work of Sharit Bhowmick.

1. What exactly, are the components of Urban Informal Economy? (Structure of Alternative Economy)
2. What are the different factors that make up for the need of an informal worker? (Reasons for the rise or origin of Informal Workers)
3. What are the limits of the National Policy on Urban Street Vendors, formulated by the Government of India? (Limits of State Institutionalism in Indian Democracy leading to Transformative Constitutionalism)
4. How far has National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) helped in resolution of some specific issues of Street Vendors and Other Informal Workers? (NASVI as an example of effective grass-roots initiative for urban informal workers)
5. Is it the Caste-dimension or the Gender which is more at the margins, within the urban informal economy? (Specific Aspects of Democratizing Democracy within Informal Economy)
6. What is the utility of urban informal economy, especially for the urban lower middle-class and the poor, residing in different quarters of big cities in India? (Significance of Other Economies).

Palavras-chave (5-7 palavras-chave que identificam o conteúdo das respostas):
1. Urban Informal Employment
2. Services and Manufacturing
3. Home-based Production
4. Street Vendors
5. Grassroots Initiative
6. Gender Dimension
7. ‘Alternative’ Sustainable Economy

 

Breve resumo da entrevista:

O Professor Sharit Bhowmick fala sobre o emprego informal urbano na Índia. Conjuntamente, discorre sobre as políticas do Estado, que na sua maioria se mostraram ineficazes no que concerne a este setor na Índia, sendo que uma grande parte da população do país é sustentada por esta economia informal urbana. Tem-se uma visão dos vários elementos integrantes desta economia “alternativa” na Índia, e a perceção d dimensão de gênero que Sharit Bhowmick destaca expondo as condições de trabalho das mulheres que fazem parte dessa economia. Numa análise mais extensa, o Professor Bhowmick menciona como esta economia informal passou a existir, e quais as iniciativas populares que tem decorrido em alguns locais do país, de forma a improvisar condições de vida e trabalho. Consequentemente vê-se como estas economias fornecem uma “alternativa” sustentável à economia estatal na Índia.

Literatura de relevância do entrevistado (pode incluir textos e vídeos):
1. Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy. Routledge India. 2009.
SHARIT. BHOWMIK (Author)

2. Another Production is Possible: Beyond the Capitalist Canon (Reinventing Social Emancipation: Toward New Manifestos.
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Sharit Bhowmik, Horácio Martins de Carvalho and Hermes Augusto Costa (2007).