Using socio-anthropological methodology, this book is a study of the processes and consequences of the first-ever worker takeover of an industrial unit in India. It traces the reasons for the shutdown of the unit, the struggle of the workers to survive, the intricacies of the takeover episode, and the functioning and operational performance of the unit under the workers' own management. The role and dynamics of the trade union in this worker-controlled enterprise are also discussed.
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`The book opens with a thorough and useful overview of studies of worker ownership and takeover, which focuses on the challenges and contradictions these face.... This is something of a specialist book. It is a case study (and a fascinating one) and a case study of a worker co-operative. The context is specific, but then it always is. This book should certainly be of interest to anyone with an academic, or practical concern to understand, inaugurate or participate in a workers' cooperative. It is well written, with skill and with an obvious concern for the workers whose stories are told here, and, despite it detail, reads rather like an unfolding detective story' - Organization Studies
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978-0-8039-9125-5 (9780803991255)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Workers' Control
Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Context
The Debacle
Struggle/Strategy for Survival
The Takeover - There After
Trade Union Dynamics
The Case of Kamani Employees Union
Workers' World of Kamani Tubes
Scheme Implementation
Second and Third Years
Conclusion
Workers' Takeover - Some Issues
