T-shirts and tumblers: Caste, dependency and work under neoliberalisation in south India

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-131

  Carswell, Grace ^a   De Neve, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caste; India; industrialisation; Neoliberalisation; Tamil Nadu; textile industry

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; DEPENDENCY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VILLAGE;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84890088740     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0069966713502423     Document Type: Article

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