Labour, Nature and Capitalism traces how the alliance between labour and capital manifests in the form of conflicts between organised trade unions and a local environmental movement in the context of the much-acclaimed Kerala model of development. It explores the history of the area’s local industrialisation, the presence of varied economic interests and exposes the barriers to forming solidarity networks among the working classes.

List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Methodology

3 The production of a crisis: industrialisation and the emergence of the local environmental movement

4 Political economy of industrial capitalism, unions and environmental movements

5 Moving beyond class?

6 Frame-disputes between labour and environmental movements

7 Counterframing strategies and tactics

8 Discussion and conclusion

Epilogue
Appendix: Abbreviations
References
Index