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Local Democracy and Development

The Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Planning

By: T. M. Thomas Isaac,Richard W. Franke

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Local Democracy and Development

The Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Planning

By: T. M. Thomas Isaac,Richard W. Franke

In this definitive history, a key figure in the People's Campaign in Kerala provides a unique insider's account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over 3 million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1,052 of its villages and urban neighborhoods. The authors tell a powerful story of mass mobilization and innovation as bureaucratic opposition was overcome, corruption and cynicism were rooted out, and parliamentary democracy prevailed. Considering both the theoretical and applied significance of the campaign in the context both of India's development since independence and of recent international debates about decentralization, civil society, and empowerment, the book provides invaluable lessons for sustainable development worldwide.

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268

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742516075

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9780742516076

Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative

The Story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi

By: Richard W. Franke,Pyralal Raghavan,T. M. Thomas Isaac

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Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative

The Story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi

By: Richard W. Franke,Pyralal Raghavan,T. M. Thomas Isaac

The authors tell the story of a democratic workers' cooperative that makes hand-rolled cigarettes, known as "beedis," in the unorganized sector of a fiercely competitive capitalist economy in India. For decades, beedi workers have been among the most exploited and impoverished of India's work force. In 1969, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, several thousand workers banded together to form a worker-owned beedi cooperative. The authors argue that their skill and determination, combined with Kerala's generally leftist political culture, allowed them to beat the odds. The cooperative surprised the private sector beedi barons by creating an enterprise that has lasted and prospered, offering the best wages and benefits in the business, while making a profit and contributing to the local economy.The authors analyze the major features of the cooperative, assessing its overall structure, worker-elected management, shop floor democracy, and progress in providing a better life for its worker-owners. Tensions are also discussed, including the complaints of women workers and the need for diversification from tobacco.

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272

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Cornell University Press

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1501717553

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9781501717550

Striving for Sustainability

Environmental Stress and Democratic Initiatives in Kerala

By: Srikumar Chattopadhyay,Richard W. Franke

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Striving for Sustainability

Environmental Stress and Democratic Initiatives in Kerala

By: Srikumar Chattopadhyay,Richard W. Franke

This book takes stock of Kerala's environmental decline as well as people's response towards possible alternatives that meet the basic criteria for sustainability.

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384

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Concept Publishing Company

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8180692949

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9788180692949

Life Is A Little Better

Redistribution As A Development Strategy In Nadur Village, Kerala

By: Richard W Franke

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Life Is A Little Better

Redistribution As A Development Strategy In Nadur Village, Kerala

By: Richard W Franke

This ethnography of Nadur Village explores the ramifications of Kerala State's policy of wealth redistribution to achieve equality. The author shows a decline in income inequality and an improved quality of life for most villagers despite high unemployment, low incomes and the persistence of inequalities that redistribution has not overcome. This e

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295

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Routledge

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0429715625

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9780429715624

Advanced Organic Chemistry

Part A: Structure and Mechanisms

By: Francis A. Carey,Richard J. Sundberg

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Advanced Organic Chemistry

Part A: Structure and Mechanisms

By: Francis A. Carey,Richard J. Sundberg

Since its original appearance in 1977, Advanced Organic Chemistry has found wide use as a text providing broad coverage of the structure, reactivity and synthesis of organic compounds. The Fourth Edition provides updated material but continues the essential elements of the previous edition. The material in Part A is organized on the basis of fundamental structural topics such as structure, stereochemistry, conformation and aromaticity and basic mechanistic types, including nucleophilic substitution, addition reactions, carbonyl chemistry, aromatic substitution and free radical reactions. The material in Part B is organized on the basis of reaction type with emphasis on reactions of importance in laboratory synthesis. As in the earlier editions, the text contains extensive references to both the primary and review literature and provides examples of data and reactions that illustrate and document the generalizations. While the text assumes completion of an introductory course in organic chemistry, it reviews the fundamental concepts for each topic that is discussed. The Fourth Edition updates certain topics that have advanced rapidly in the decade since the Third Edition was published, including computational chemistry, structural manifestations of aromaticity, enantioselective reactions and lanthanide catalysis. The two parts stand alone, although there is considerable cross-referencing. Part A emphasizes quantitative and qualitative description of structural effects on reactivity and mechanism. Part B emphasizes the most general and useful synthetic reactions. The focus is on the core of organic chemistry, but the information provided forms the foundation for future study and research in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, biological chemistry and physical properties of organic compounds. The New Revised 5th Edition will be available shortly. For details, click on the link in the right-hand column.

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830

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306468565

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9780306468568

The Rough Guide to Film

By: Jessica Winter,Lloyd Hughes,Richard Armstrong,Tom Charity

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The Rough Guide to Film

By: Jessica Winter,Lloyd Hughes,Richard Armstrong,Tom Charity

The Rough Guide to Film is a bold new guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the top moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of every era, genre and region, in addition to lots of lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director’s career, the guide reviews thousands of the greatest movies ever made, with lists highlighting where to start, arranged by genre and by region. You’ll find profiles of over eight hundred directors, from Hollywood legends Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to contemporary favourites like Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese and cult names such as David Lynch and Richard Linklater. The guide is packed with great cinema from around the globe, including French New Wave, German giants, Iranian innovators and the best of East Asia, from Akira Kurosawa to Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo. With overviews of all major movements and genres, feature boxes on partnerships between directors and key actors, and cinematographers and composers, this is your essential guide to a world of cinema.

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Penguin

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1405384980

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9781405384988

Book's by Richard W. Franke

Local Democracy and Development

Local Democracy and Development

Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative

Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative

Striving for Sustainability

Striving for Sustainability

Life Is A Little Better

Life Is A Little Better

Advanced Organic Chemistry

Advanced Organic Chemistry

The Rough Guide to Film

The Rough Guide to Film

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