Description
Book SynopsisLimits of Bargaining is an original addition to the political economy analysis of capital-labour relations in the organised industrial sector in the context of economic liberalisation in India. It analyses the dynamics of the capital-labour bargaining process in the context of the changing nature of the state and market as a result of adoption of policies of liberalisation and globalisation for the last two and half decades. It examines the nature of collective bargaining and analyses the underlying structural-political conditions that shape the capital-labour relations. Based on original empirical material from West Bengal, a state long considered pro-labour, the book presents bargaining between capital and labour as endogenous to the interplay of the triad of the market, technology and the institutions of the state. It illustrates everyday interactions between labour and management, different unions and outside actors that shape collective bargaining, and highlights the negotiation,
Table of ContentsList of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1. Contextualising trade unions and collective bargaining; 2. Collective bargaining in India: an overview; 3. Everyday processes of collective bargaining in West Bengal; 4. Industrial stagnation due to 'labour militancy'? A critical look at the macro evidence; 5. Trade unions and working-class politics in contemporary West Bengal; 6. The state and collective bargaining; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.
