Alienated Enclaves

Economic Crisis and Neo-bondage in a South Indian Plantation Belt

Bibliographic Data

ID7097663
AuthorsJ Raj (0000-0002-4566-5765, University of Bergen, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume40
Issue3
Pages465-490
Publication date2013-06-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueForum for Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0803-9410 • E-ISSN: 1891-1765
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08039410.2013.799098
OpenAlexW2039504239
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited37

The recent economic crisis in the Indian tea industry has led to the closure of many plantations and to the marginalization of the plantation workers. A critical analysis of the social processes that evolve out of the crisis-ridden plantations reveals otherwise hidden forces that condition continuing marginality of the workers. Accordingly, the major focus of the article is to identify and delineate the social processes that underpin the social reproduction of the plantation workers' alienation in the crisis context. This article suggests that the marginal position of the plantation workforce, both in India and elsewhere, needs to be understood as a phenomenon equally reinforced by the larger social processes of the region as much as by the economic processes specific to the plantation system

Alienation · Closure (psychology · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Market economy · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Position (finance · Sociology · Workforce · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Urban and Rural Development Challenges