Finding The Middle Path

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Seller: 1798books ✉️ (147) 99.2%, Location: Didcot, United Kingdom, GB, Ships to: GB, Item: 374516323981 Finding The Middle Path.  This book, a collaboration between Indian and Western researchers, is the first using a comparative framework to explain the striking regional differences in performance by cooperatives in rural India. > Soviet-style socialism has failed; but in Russia, China, and India the transition to capitalism has proven hazardous. Elsewhere, capitalism itself appears to be in crisis, often failing to meet the fundamental needs of workers, small farmers, and even the middle classes. Clearly, the world needs enterprises that are both economically efficient and > Framework for Comparative Analysis -- Viewpoints -- Background and Methods -- Fertile Grounds in Western India -- Barren Grounds in West Bengal? -- Problems in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala -- Conclusions -- Case Studies from Maharashtra -- Leadership, Democracy, and Development: Cooperatives in Kolhapur District -- Alternative Dairy Production and Marketing Systems -- Does Competition Help Cooperation? -- The Mhaisal Movement: A Farming Cooperative -- Case Studies from Gujarat -- Beyond Anand: Comparing the Kheda and Choryasi Dairy Cooperatives -- Oilseeds Growers’ Cooperatives in Gujarat: The Patidar Factor -- A Sociological Analysis of Cotton Cooperatives in Baroda District -- Case Studies from Other States -- Electoral Communism and the Destruction of Cooperation in West Bengal -- Dominant Classes and Cooperative Leaders in Western Uttar Pradesh -- Formal Cooperatives and Informal Cooperation in Karnataka -- Bureaucracy Versus Participation: Tea Growers’ Cooperatives in Tamil Nadu -- Fishermen Cooperatives in Kerala: a Case Study >

B.S. Baviskar is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Delhi. His pioneering study of cooperative sugar factories was published as The Politics of Development in 1980. With Attwood, he co-edited Who Shares? Cooperatives and Rural Development , and he is now editing a book on the sociology of development.

  • Condition: New
  • Brand: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9780367017385
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Type: Textbook
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Publication Name: Finding the Middle Path: the Political Economy of Cooperation in Rural India
  • Author: B. S. Baviskar
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
  • Subject: Government
  • Item Weight: 454g
  • Number of Pages: 448 Pages

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