Dalits and local labour markets in rural India: Experiences from the Tiruppur textile region in Tamil Nadu

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-338

  Carswell, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dalits; Garment industry; India; Labour markets; Livelihoods; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; GARMENT INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84874990461     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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