Asking for and giving baki: Neo-bondage, or the interplay of bondage and resistance in the Tamilnadu power-loom industry

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 379-406

  De Neve, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; MANUFACTURING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; LOOM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WEAVING INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032695708     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996679903300116     Document Type: Article

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