Industrial conflict

By:

Raj, G. Ramachandra

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Light & Life Publishers; 1980Description: 168 pSubject(s):

Industrial organization ( Economic thoery)

DDC classification:

306.3 Raj

Summary: The author in this work has developed a new theoretical scheme for analysing industrial conflict. Instead of an intrinsic interpretation what is attem pted is an extrinsic one as indu strial conflict in a society with a predominant agricultural eco nomy can be meaningfully understood and analysed only in terms of relations in the larger society. Industrial conflict in India has several distinctive features that make it different from those in industrial societies. But, unfor tunately, this aspect has been overlooked by most of the Indian sociologists who have been using Western models for the analysis of this phenomena. A consequence of this has been the consistent neglect of relations in the larger society in analysing relations in the industrial sector. It is in this context that a new approach to the problem of Industrial conflict becomes necessary. This study is a venture in that direction. What has been attempted here is to examine how far the relations in larger society influ ence the relations in industrial sector. After stating the problem and method and defining concepts in the first chapter, a brief examination of the differential distri bution pattern of scarce values in the dominant agricultural sector and its manifestation through sectarian and political cleavages in the larger society has been attempted in the second chapter. The extension of sectarian and political cleavages from the larger society to the industrial sector and the emergent pattern of relations in industry are analysed in the third chapter. With the same focus, a study of relations in five industrial units has been made in the next three chapters. The last chapter provides a brief resume of the findings. It may be pointed out that the study has covered only a period of three years from 1971. Also no analysis has been made as to the organisational structure of industrial units and trade unions. The point of departure for this work from similar studies is that it provides more meani ngful and new insights in the relations in industrial sector particularly in management labour conflicts, intra-labour conflicts, and multi-unionism,

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The author in this work has developed a new theoretical scheme for analysing industrial conflict. Instead of an intrinsic interpretation what is attem pted is an extrinsic one as indu strial conflict in a society with a predominant agricultural eco nomy can be meaningfully understood and analysed only in terms of relations in the larger society.

Industrial conflict in India has several distinctive features that make it different from those in industrial societies. But, unfor tunately, this aspect has been overlooked by most of the Indian sociologists who have been using Western models for the analysis of this phenomena. A consequence of this has been the consistent neglect of relations in the larger society in analysing relations in the industrial sector. It is in this context that a new approach to the problem of Industrial conflict becomes necessary. This study is a venture in that direction. What has been attempted here is to examine how far the relations in larger society influ ence the relations in industrial sector.

After stating the problem and method and defining concepts in the first chapter, a brief examination of the differential distri bution pattern of scarce values in the dominant agricultural sector and its manifestation through sectarian and political cleavages in the larger society has been attempted in the second chapter.

The extension of sectarian and political cleavages from the larger society to the industrial sector and the emergent pattern of relations in industry are analysed in the third chapter. With the same focus, a study of relations in five industrial units has been made in the next three chapters. The last chapter provides a brief resume of the findings.

It may be pointed out that the study has covered only a period of three years from 1971. Also no analysis has been made as to the organisational structure of industrial units and trade unions.

The point of departure for this work from similar studies is that it provides more meani ngful and new insights in the relations in industrial sector particularly in management labour conflicts, intra-labour conflicts, and multi-unionism,

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