Democracy at work in an Indian industrial cooperative : the story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas Isaac, T. M., 1952-
Otros Autores: Franke, Richard W., Raghavan, Pyaralal
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, 1998.
Temas:
Kerala Dinesh Beedi (Firm)
Tobacco industry > India > Kerala.
Cooperation > India > Kerala.
Tabac > Industrie > Inde > Kerala.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Cooperation.
Tobacco industry.
Tabaksindustrie.
India > Kerala.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beedi workers and the Kerala model
  • The making of the Beedi working class
  • Solidarity versus retrenchment : the birth of KDB
  • From mobilization to efficiency : the role of the central society
  • The dynamics of shop floor democracy : empowerment versus supervision in the Beedi primary cooperatives
  • Efficiency and profit in the primary societies : KDB's market dilemma
  • KDB and the International Movement for Workers' Cooperatives
  • Afterword : Tobacco production and diversification at KDB.

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