{"product_id":"crafting-indias-skill-ecology-reproductions-recalibrations-reimaginations-9781003864110","title":"Crafting India’s Skill Ecology: Reproductions, Recalibrations, \u0026 Reimaginations","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Education \u0026amp; Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis volume traces how the discourse of skill evolved in colonial and postcolonial India, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present neoliberal era. It introduces the concept of skill ecology to capture the broader political, economic, and social environment within which skills emerge, transform, and acquire meaning. Skill is examined here not merely as a technical attribute but as a historically contingent category, shaped by state policy, capitalist ideologies, and hierarchies of power. Focusing on industrial training from the late colonial period – particularly the 1930s – through Nehruvian state-led industrialisation and into the era of neoliberal reform, the book explores how skilling became a terrain of collaboration and contestation between the state and the capital. It also reveals how social relations influence the legitimacy of skills, determining what forms of labour are seen as ‘skilled’ or ‘unskilled’ and for whom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47140250189975,"sku":"9781003864110","price":1117.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781003864110.webp?v=1773141371","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/crafting-indias-skill-ecology-reproductions-recalibrations-reimaginations-9781003864110","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}