Working class movement in India in the wake of globalization

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Working class movement in India in the wake of globalization

edited by Jose George, Manoj Kumar, Dharmendra Ojha

Manohar, 2012

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Summary: Contributed articles presented at the national seminar presented on the theme at the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai on 24-25 September, 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

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After the collapse of the erstwhile Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the East European communist bloc, capitalism abandoned its liberal programmes worldwide, and this brought about three-fourths of the worlds population at the mercy of the blind and ruthless forces of the market. In India too, the wave of liberalization under a new economic policy, which had been agreed upon and promoted by both the big political parties, i.e. Congress party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, put untold pressures, uncertainties and hardships on the toiling masses. Welfare schemes and subsidies to goods and services provided by the state were slowly withdrawn and the representative class of finance capital took a reactionary posture in political and social life. In India, the crisis at grass-roots' levels has led to a historical unity among trade unions affiliated with different political parties, and there is hope that they may join hands in the struggle for better living conditions. Against this backdrop, this book, which is an outcome of a national seminar, tries to understand and analyse the conditions of the working class people in India. Various dimensions of working class peoples life and politics have been deliberated here. Also, an attempt has been made to present a working class perspective on various economic and social issues of contemporary Indian society.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Neoliberalism & Working Class Interests: Need for Revitalizing the Movement
  • Trade Union Movement in India at a Glance
  • Working Class Movement in Kerala
  • Workers Struggles & Challenges Ahead
  • Movement of Left Trade Unions in French India
  • Peasants Struggle & Freedom Movement
  • Working Class & the Insecurity Hypothesis
  • The Working Class in Mumbai: A Perspective
  • Capitalist Labour Processes & its Consequences
  • Teachers Movement as a Potential Ally of the Working Class Movement
  • Need for Social Scientific Studies for Organizing the Unorganized Sector in India
  • Broken Pledges of the Constitutional Mandates & Anti-People Role of the Judiciary
  • Work Processes: Insights from Theatre of the Oppressed
  • Democratization of Industrial Management: The Kamani Experience from Mumbai
  • Handloom Weavers Struggles in the Context of Liberalization
  • Working Class Movements in Individual Sectors
  • Municipal Working Class Movement in Andhra Pradesh
  • Employment & Existence vs Ethics & Social Responsibilty: A Case Study
  • Waiting for a Movement: The Plight of Banarasi Saree Weavers
  • Sugar Indusrty & Working Masses: Prospects & Challenges
  • A Brief History of Dalit Agricultural Labourers Resistance in Kerala
  • The Radicalism in Agrarian Structure for Social Transformation: The Case of Bihar
  • Laying the Foundations of Rights: The Role of ILO in Evolving Rights of Working Class
  • Impact of Globalization on Trade Union Movements
  • Working Class Movement: Modern Economic System, Social Structure & Power Conflict
  • Trade Unionism at Crossroads: Impact of Liberalization Reforms in Kerala
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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