The state of Kerala in southern India is notable for the ways in
which lower-class mobilization and state intervention have combined
to create one of the most successful cases of social and
redistributive development in the Third World. In contrast to
predictions that labor militancy in developing countries threatens
to overload fledgling democratic institutions and derail economic
growth, The Labor of Development shows that the political and
economic inclusion of industrial and agricultural workers in Kerala
set the stage for a democratically negotiated capitalist
transformation.
When compared to the other Indian states, Kerala's departure
from the national pattern is tied to its history of social
movements and highlights the significance of understanding
sub-national patterns of democratic consolidation and state
building. The case of Kerala provides important theoretical
insights into the circumstances under which the expansion of
political and social citizenship can become the basis for managing
economic change. Using examples from agriculture, industry, and the
informal sector, Patrick Heller examines the institutional and
political dynamics through which the demands of organized labor and
the imperatives of capitalist growth have evolved from a period of
open conflict and stagnation to one of class compromise. He also
demonstrates that the Kerala model has broad ramifications for
understanding the relationship between substantive democracy and
market economies in low-income countries.
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