Revitalising Trade Unions as Civil Society Actors in India

Michael Gillan; Janaka Biyanwila

doi:10.1080/00856400903374327

Revitalising Trade Unions as Civil Society Actors in India

Michael Gillan, Janaka Biyanwila

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Abstract

In the past, leading national trade unions in India failed to develop a strongbase among unorganised (informal) sector workers and limited their engagementwith civil society. Recent initiatives to redress the latter are assessedwith reference to the opportunities and constraints that emerge from theorganisational structure and ideological and political affiliations of tradeunions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-447
Journal	South Asia : Journal of South Asian Studies
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00856400903374327
Publication status	Published - 2009

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