Incorporating craft

An experiment in community ownership in postliberalization India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4947403
AutoresJane E Lynch (Yale University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume9
Fascículo1
Páginas84-98
Data de publicação2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEconomic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2330-4847 • E-ISSN: 2330-4847
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sea2.12239
OpenAlexW3217299389
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas29

This article traces the efforts of India's largest private retailer of craft-Fabindia-to realize its vision of "inclusive capitalism" by creating a network of "community-owned companies" in which artisan-suppliers own shares. The contradictions and tensions inherent to this corporate project offer a critical vantage from which to examine processes of economic and political change both in India and globally. This ethnography reveals how the proposal to replace the traditional middleperson with a corporate body introduced new complications and conflicting interests throughout the supply chain. The competing efforts to determine the terms and nature of the relationships between supplier-shareholders, the community-owned companies, and Fabindia illuminate the on-the-ground negotiation of corporate social responsibility

Business · Capitalism · Corporate governance · Corporate social responsibility · Craft · Economics · Ethnography · Geography · Market economy · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Shareholder · Social science · Sociology · Supply chain · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Finance · Marketing