1st Edition

Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan

By Christopher Candland Copyright 2008
224 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this first comparative study of organized labor in India and Pakistan, the author analyses the impact and role of organized labor in democratization and development. The study provides a unique comparative history of Indian and Pakistani labor politics. It begins in the early twentieth century, when permanent unions first formed in the South Asian Subcontinent. Additionally, it offers an... Read more

Introduction: Wealth, Wellbeing, and Social Institutions  1. Organized Labor and Democratic Consolidation  2. The State and Economic Development  3. Economic Reform and Labor's Response  4. Reorganizing Industry, Disorganizing Workers  5. Labor, Democracy, and Development 


Biography

Christopher Candland is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Co-Director of South Asia Studies at Wellesley College, USA. He has served as an advisor on international labor affairs and trade to Democratic Party leadership in the US House of Representative's Subcommittee on Trade and to a federal advisory committee reporting to the US Secretary of State.