@article{fdi:010060469,
  title = {{B}onded labour, agrarian changes and capitalism : emerging patterns in {S}outh {I}ndia},
  author = {{G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}rawing on a number of case studies from {T}amil {N}adu, this paper shows that bonded labour is not a relic of the past, but surprisingly contemporary. {R}efuting the tenets of the semi-feudal thesis, we argue that unfree labour can go hand in hand with capitalism, and that it can be initiated and sustained by capital itself in order to accumulate surplus value. {G}oing against the tenets of the de-proletarianization thesis, we suggest that bonded labour is not always the preferred working arrangement for capitalism. {B}onded labour should be examined in connection with specific historical contexts, the changing nature of the economy, the evolution of political forces and modes of socialization. {I} argue that bonded labour results from a specific regime of accumulation characterized by cheap labour, increased domestic demand sustained through household debt, as well as modes of conflict, contestation and worker identity formation that engage with both governmental programmes and consumerism.},
  keywords = {bonded labour ; agrarian question ; capitalism ; labour struggle ; consumption ; {I}ndia ; {INDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}grarian {C}hange},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {405--423},
  ISSN = {1471-0358},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1111/joac.12029},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060469},
}