@techreport{fdi:010088426,
  title = {{W}ith a little help from my friends ? : surviving the lockdown using social networks in rural {S}outh {A}sia},
  author = {{G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {M}ouchel, {C}. and {N}ordman, {C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}ow have rural populations in {I}ndia mobilized their social networks in times of forced "social distancing" ? {F}ocusing on a rural region in {T}amil {N}adu, mixing {S}ocial {N}etwork {A}nalysis, descriptive statistics and qualitative interviews conducted before the lockdown, during the lockdown and its aftermath, this paper shows that kinship ties and caste-based relationships are still used as inescapable economic resources, especially when it comes to surviving in this unprecedented worldwide economic and social crisis. {T}he region under study has undergone profound changes in recent decades, combining the disappearance of agrarian forms of dependency and the strengthening of intra-caste interdependence among the lower-caste group (measured here in terms of homophily and homogeneity) with a focus on access to credit and self-help to access employment. {T}he crisis is putting these social networks to the test. {S}ubsidized food, the main pro-poor measure of the {I}ndian government, prevented famine, even if it did not prevent severe malnutrition. {A}lthough kin and caste solidarity played a key role in helping households survive, they did not prevent the resurgence of old forms of patronage.},
  keywords = {{INDE} ; {TAMIL} {NADU}},
  address = {{P}aris},
  publisher = {{DIAL}},
  series = {{D}ocument de {T}ravail - {DIAL}},
  pages = {54  multigr.},
  year = {2023},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088426},
}