Workers and the Right Wing
The Situation in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11213401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Smriti Upadhyay (0000-0002-8501-0501, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Pages | 79-90 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Labor and Working-Class History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-5479 • E-ISSN: 1471-6445 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0147547917000333 |
| OpenAlex | W2800800201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Why and how does a right-wing social movement mobilize workers along class lines? The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the labor wing of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, marshals working-class support by emphasizing workers’ class positions and identities . Following Gramsci, I argue that the BMS represents the Hindu right's recognition of workers’ class power and is thus key to the Hindu Right's efforts to incorporate workers into hegemonic capitalist social relations. The form that right-wing activity takes depends on the histories of working-class mobilization and the class power of workers. Thus, right-wing actors do not exclusively dictate the terms of the engagement with workers, but workers also exercise agency in shaping and contesting this interaction
Agency (philosophy · Class (philosophy · Epistemology · Hegemony · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Right wing · Social science · Sociology · Working class · Gender Studies · Indian Economic and Social Development · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |