Low-Wage Capitalism, Social Difference, and Nature-Dependent Production: A Study of the Conditions of Workers in Shrimp Aquaculture ∗

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-34

  Das, Raju J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alienaci n; biophysical nature of the labor process; Capitalismo neoliberal; cultivo de camarones; geograf a del trabajo; India; labor geography studies; labor metabolic rift; mano de obra vulnerable; naturaleza biof sica del proceso de trabajo; Neoliberal capitalism; shrimp culture; vulnerable labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988435438     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861400700109     Document Type: Article

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