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Title

Finding the middle path : the political economy of cooperation in rural India / B.S. Baviskar and Donald W. Attwood ; with D.P. Apte, Suraj Bandyopadhy, S.M. Batra, Sharit K. Bhowmik, Radhika Chopra, Shanti George, G.K. Karanth, A.S. Patel, N. Rajaram, Joseph Velacherry, and Donald Von Eschen.

Author

Baviskar, B. S. (Baburao Shravan), 1931-

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Attwood, Donald W.
• Apte, D. P.
• Bandyopadhy, Suraj
• Batra, S. M.
• Bhowmik, Sharit K.
• Chopra, Radhika
• George, Shanti
• Karanth, G. K.
• Patel, A. S.
• Rajaram, N.
• Velacherry, Joseph
• Von Eschen, Donald

Description

ix, 437 pages; 25 cm

Summary

This book, a collaboration between Indian and Western researchers, is the first using a comparative framework to explain the striking regional differences in performance by cooperatives in rural India. Demonstrating how institutional performance can be evaluated in developing countries, this analysis points toward general principles of organizational effectiveness, revealing the potentials and limitations of cooperatives as instruments of rural development.

Subject

• Since 1947
• Geschichte 1950-1992
• Cooperative societies > India
• 83.30 economic conditions, development and structure: general
• Cooperative societies
• Economic history > Regional disparities
• Ländlicher Raum
• Genossenschaft
• Kongress
• Wirtschaftskooperation
• Landbouwcoöperaties
• Agrarische ontwikkeling
• rural cooperative
• agricultural cooperative
• cooperative development
• management
• efficiency
• success
• regional disparity
• leadership
• decision making
• administrative aspect
• competitiveness
• rural development
• poverty
• low income
• caste
• bureaucracy
• regional government
• state intervention
• corruption
• case study
• dairy product
• cooperative marketing
• sugar
• edible oil
• food processing
• cotton
• fishery cooperative
• statistical table
• coopérative rurale
• coopérative agricole
• développement coopératif
• gestion
• efficacité
• réussite
• disparité régionale
• commandement
• prise de décision
• aspect administratif
• compétitivité
• développement rural
• pauvreté
• faible revenu
• bureaucratie
• administration régionale
• intervention de l'Etat
• étude de cas
• produit laitier
• vente en coopération
• sucre
• huile comestible
• traitement des aliments
• coton
• coopérative de pêche
• tableau statistique
• cooperativa rural
• cooperativa agrícola
• desarrollo cooperativo
• administración
• eficiencia
• éxito
• desigualdad regional
• liderazgo
• toma de decisiones
• aspecto administrativo
• competitividad
• desarrollo rural
• pobreza
• bajos ingresos
• casta
• burocracia
• gobierno regional
• intervención estatal
• corrupción
• estudio de casos
• producto lácteo
• comercialización cooperativa
• azúcar
• aceite comestible
• elaboración de alimentos
• algodón
• cooperativa pesquera
• cuadros estadísticos
• India > Economic conditions > Regional disparities. > 1947-
• India
• Indien
• India
• Inde

Genre/Form

• bibliography.
• map.
• bibliographie.
• carte géographique.
• bibliografía.
• mapa.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-421) and index.

Contents

Map of India -- pt. 1. Framework for Comparative Analysis / D.W. Attwood and B.S. Baviskar. 1. Viewpoints. 2. Background and Methods. 3. Fertile Grounds in Western India. 4. Barren Grounds in West Bengal? 5. Problems in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala -- pt. 2. Case Studies from Maharashtra. 7. Leadership, Democracy, and Development: Cooperatives in Kolhapur District / B.S. Baviskar. 8. Alternative Dairy Production and Marketing Systems / D.P. Apte. 9. Does Competition Help Cooperation? / D.W. Attwood. 10. The Mhaisal Movement: A Farming Cooperative / Radhika Chopra -- pt. 3. Case Studies from Gujarat. 11. Beyond Anand: Comparing the Kheda and Choryasi Dairy Cooperatives / Shanti George. 12. Oilseeds Growers' Cooperatives in Gujarat: The Patidar Factor / A.S. Patel. 13. A Sociological Analysis of Cotton Cooperatives in Baroda District / N. Rajaram -- pt. 4. Case Studies from Other States. 14. Electoral Communism and the Destruction of Cooperation in West Bengal / Suraj Bandyopadhyay and Donald Von Eschen. 15. Dominant Classes and Cooperative Leaders in Western Uttar Pradesh / S.M. Batra. 16. Formal Cooperatives and Informal Cooperation in Karnataka / G.K. Karanth. 17. Bureaucracy Versus Participation: Tea Growers' Cooperatives in Tamil Nadu / Sharit K. Bhowmik. 18. Fishermen Cooperatives in Kerala: A Case Study / Joseph Velacherry.

ISBN

• 0813389038
• 9780813389035

LCCN

94035986

OCLC

• ocm31206550
• 31206550
• SCSB-2076708

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library