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

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas Isaac, T. M., 1952-
Other Authors: Franke, Richard W., Raghavan, Pyaralal
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Kerala Dinesh Beedi (Firm)
Tobacco industry > India > Kerala.
Cooperation > India > Kerala.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Cooperation
Tobacco industry
Tabaksindustrie.
workers cooperative.
production cooperative.
tobacco industry.
tobacco worker.
social class.
caste.
political aspect.
management.
marketing.
working conditions.
wage payment system.
wages.
women workers.
trade union.
profit.
workers control.
statistical table.
coopérative de travailleurs.
coopérative de production.
industrie du tabac.
travailleur du tabac.
classe sociale.
aspect politique.
gestion.
conditions de travail.
système de rémunération.
salaire.
travailleuses.
syndicat.
contrôle ouvrier.
tableau statistique.
cooperativa de trabajadores.
cooperativa de producción.
industria del tabaco.
obrero tabacalero.
clase social.
casta.
aspecto político.
administración.
mercadotecnia.
condiciones de trabajo.
sistema de remuneración.
salario.
trabajadoras.
sindicato.
utilidad.
control obrero.
cuadros estadísticos.
India > Kerala
India.
Inde.
bibliography.
map.
photograph.
bibliographie.
carte géographique.
photographie.
bibliografía.
fotografía.
mapa.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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