%0 Journal Article %T Christopher Candland, Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan %A Lionel Baixas %J South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal %D 2008 %I Centre dĄŻEtudes de lĄŻInde et de lĄŻAsie du Sud %X This book, by Christopher Candland, sets out to provide a documented analytical and empirical study of the linkages between organized labor, development, and democratization in India and Pakistan from the colonial period till date. It attempts to explain why sustained economic growth has not led to a significant diminution of poverty in either of these countries. The overall argument is that only rights-based organized labor unions can allow Ą°the transformation of wealth into well-beingĄ±. Uni... %U http://samaj.revues.org/832