The Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India 9781501720734

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The Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India
 9781501720734

Table of contents :
Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Kerala in Theoretical Perspective
Chapter 1. Classes and States in the Making of Development
PART I. AGRICULTURE
Chapter 2. Tenants and Laborers in Kerala's Agrarian Transformation
Chapter 3. The Institutionalization of Class Conflict in Agriculture
Chapter 4. Class Compromise and the Development of Capitalist Agriculture
PART 2. INDUSTRY
Chapter 5. Mobilization and Transformation in Industry
Chapter 6. Crisis and Compromise in the Unorganized Sector
Chapter 7. Accumulationist Strategies: The Decline of Militancy in the Organized Factory Sector
Conclusion: The Democratic Developmental State
Works Cited
Index

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THE LABOR OF DEVELOPMENT

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