Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial CooperativeThe authors tell the story of a democratic workers' cooperative that makes hand rolled cigarettes, known as "beedis," in the unorganized sector of a fiercely competitive capitalist economy in India. For decades, beedi workers have been among the most exploited and impoverished of India's work force. In 1969, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, several thousand workers banded together to form a worker owned beedi cooperative. The authors argue