Manjusha Nair is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Shifting State-Labor Relations in India 2. Mining for the Nation: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Mining Township 3. Determined to Win: The Mine-Workers’ Success 4. The Neoliberal Developmental State in Chhattisgarh 5. Molding Lives in the Steel City 6. The Taming of Dissent: The Industrial Workers’ Failure ConclusionNotesGlossary of Indian WordsBibliographyIndex

"This book is an important contribution in several ways. There are not many books on the historical sociology of social mobilisations in post-colonial India; this is a welcome addition to the literature. The book is of modest length; Nair proves that we do not need to write tomes to make great books … In time, this book may well come to be considered among the pioneering works on the topic." — Asian Journal of Social Science"This book is a significant contribution to a growing understanding of the precarious nature of work, be it in formal or informal sectors." — Economic and Political Weekly

Manjusha Nair is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Shifting State-Labor Relations in India 2. Mining for the Nation: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Mining Township 3. Determined to Win: The Mine-Workers’ Success 4. The Neoliberal Developmental State in Chhattisgarh 5. Molding Lives in the Steel City 6. The Taming of Dissent: The Industrial Workers’ Failure ConclusionNotesGlossary of Indian WordsBibliographyIndex

"This book is an important contribution in several ways. There are not many books on the historical sociology of social mobilisations in post-colonial India; this is a welcome addition to the literature. The book is of modest length; Nair proves that we do not need to write tomes to make great books … In time, this book may well come to be considered among the pioneering works on the topic." — Asian Journal of Social Science"This book is a significant contribution to a growing understanding of the precarious nature of work, be it in formal or informal sectors." — Economic and Political Weekly

Manjusha Nair is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Shifting State-Labor Relations in India 2. Mining for the Nation: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Mining Township 3. Determined to Win: The Mine-Workers’ Success 4. The Neoliberal Developmental State in Chhattisgarh 5. Molding Lives in the Steel City 6. The Taming of Dissent: The Industrial Workers’ Failure ConclusionNotesGlossary of Indian WordsBibliographyIndex

"This book is an important contribution in several ways. There are not many books on the historical sociology of social mobilisations in post-colonial India; this is a welcome addition to the literature. The book is of modest length; Nair proves that we do not need to write tomes to make great books … In time, this book may well come to be considered among the pioneering works on the topic." — Asian Journal of Social Science"This book is a significant contribution to a growing understanding of the precarious nature of work, be it in formal or informal sectors." — Economic and Political Weekly