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Volume : II, Issue : IV, May - 2012 A Study of Identity Crisis: Position of Foremen in the Class Structure L.T. Om Prakash Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The central objective of this research paper is to study the identity crisis in a class comprising of
foremen category of workers in Textile Mills in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. This research paper
presents the problem under study within the Marxian framework. Karl Marx observes class in terms of the
extent to which an individual or social group has control over the means of production. From his point of
view, class is a group of people with a specific relationship to the means of production. The present paper
attempts to find out the position of foremen in the class structure, as their class position is complex in one
way or another. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : L.T. Om Prakash, (2012). A Study of Identity Crisis: Position of Foremen in the Class Structure. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IV, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/959.pdf References : - Bendix, Reinhard and Lipset, S.M. Class, Status and Power. ed. London: Routledge & Keganpaul Ltd.,1974.
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