Building alternatives : the story of India's oldest construction workers' cooperative (Record no. 65151)

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ISBN 9789380118468
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Classification number 331.7624095483
Item number THO/B
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Personal name Thomas Isaac
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Title Building alternatives : the story of India's oldest construction workers' cooperative
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Place of publication New Delhi
Name of publisher Leftword
Year of publication 2017
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Number of Pages 320 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society (ULCCS) in northern Kerala is a remarkable institution, founded as part of the early 20th century anti-caste movement. The Cooperative's raison d'ĂȘtre - as enshrined in its bylaws - is to 'promote the economic interests of the labourers of the Society'. Despite ups and downs over its 90-year history, the ULCCS is a highly successful cooperative, both in terms of its profitability and in its enhancing the lives of its worker-owners. This, despite the neoliberal policies that have suffocated much economic activity that lies outside of monopoly capitalism's interests. Building Alternatives provides an honest appraisal of a heroic venture of a cooperative enterprise, demonstrating that cooperatives are not only able to survive in a small niche, but are able to grow into substantial institutions within the social life of a region. The book does not gloss over the problems that come with this history, providing a rich empirical account that helps us learn from the challenges and successes. The story of ULCCS is not merely an inspiration to the world, but a guidebook to the resilience of cooperatives as alternatives within capitalism.
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Topical Term India--Kerala
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Topical Term Construction workers
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Topical Term Labour contract
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Personal name Michelle Williams
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Koha item type BK
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Kannur University Central Library Stack 11/07/2022 495.00 331.7624095483 THO/B 56939 BK

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