Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative : : The Story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi / / T. M. Thomas Isaac, Pyralal Raghavan, Richard W. Franke.
The authors tell the story of a democratic workers' cooperative that makes hand-rolled cigarettes, known as "beedis," in the unorganized sector of a fiercely competitive capitalist economy in India. For decades, beedi workers have been among the most exploited and impoverished of Indi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 1 map, 2 drawings, 10 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note On The Spelling Of Indian Place-Names
- CHAPTER ONE. Beedi Workers And The Kerala Model
- CHAPTER TWO. The Making Of The Beedi Working Class
- CHAPTER THREE. Solidarity Versus Retrenchment: The Birth Of KDB
- CHAPTER FOUR. From Mobilization To Efficiency: The Role Of The Central Society
- CHAPTER FIVE. The Dynamics Of Shop Floor Democracy: Empowerment Versus Supervision In The Beedi Primary Cooperatives
- CHAPTER SIX. Efficiency And Profit In The Primary Societies: KDB's Market Dilemma
- CHAPTER SEVEN. KDB And The International Movement For Workers7 Cooperatives
- AFTERWORD. Tobacco Production And Diversification At KDB
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index