Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan Book

Contents: Introduction. 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. 

"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 Pakistan labor politics. It begins in the early twentieth century, when permanent unions first formed in the South Asian subcontinent. Additionally, it offers an analysis of changes in conditions of work and terms of service in India and Pakistan and of organized labor’s response."