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India’s Unfree Workforce: Of Bondage Old and New

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  • Jan Breman

    (UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam)

  • Isabelle Guérin

    (IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Aseem Prakash

    (Institute for Human Development, New Delhi)

Abstract

This volume makes a distinction between agrarian bondage as it existed in the past and the contemporary practices of bondage in various branches of the economy. It suggests that the analysis for bonded labour cannot be disassociated from a broader analysis related to the whole landscape of labour. The emergence of neo-bondage is strongly connected to the reinforcement of the informalization of labour relationships as well as the intensification of circulation and labour migration. Neo-bondage is strongly connected to the increased monetization of commodity exchanges and of social relationships, as well as the development of mass consumption. The authors do not accept the proposition that labour bondage is likely to disappear when economic growth is sustained at its current rate.

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  • Jan Breman & Isabelle Guérin & Aseem Prakash, 2009. "India’s Unfree Workforce: Of Bondage Old and New," Post-Print hal-03239939, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03239939
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    Cited by:

    1. Wendy Olsen & Jamie Morgan, 2015. "The Entrapment of Unfree Labor," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 31(2), pages 184-203, June.
    2. Ben Rogaly & Susan Thieme, 2012. "Experiencing Space—Time: The Stretched Lifeworlds of Migrant Workers in India," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(9), pages 2086-2100, September.

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