Debts, protections and solidarity in South India

Dettes, protections et solidarités en Inde du Sud

Isabelle Guérin, Marc Roesch, Sébastien Michiels () and Govindan Venkatasubramanian ()
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Marc Roesch: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Sébastien Michiels: IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Govindan Venkatasubramanian: IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper draws on a survey conducted in rural Tamil Nadu in southern India to examine the meanings and implications of recent developments in debt relationships for social relations. While some changes and differentiation practices were observed, we also found persisting social hierarchies based on creditor-debtor relationships. In a context where patron-client mentalities shape redistributive social protection measures, and rules of reciprocity are limited to inter-caste relationships, bonds of hierarchical debt continue to play a key role in terms of protection.

Date: 2012
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Published in Économies et sociétés, 2012, 46 (4), pp.385-413

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