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Debts, protections and solidarity in South India
[Dettes, protections et solidarités en Inde du Sud]

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  • Sebastien Michiels

    (GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Isabelle Guérin

    (IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRD [Ile-de-France] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)

  • 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)

  • Govindan Venkatasubramanian

    (IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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.

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  • Sebastien Michiels & Isabelle Guérin & Marc Roesch & Govindan Venkatasubramanian, 2012. "Debts, protections and solidarity in South India [Dettes, protections et solidarités en Inde du Sud]," Post-Print hal-01135271, HAL.
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    1. Morvant-Roux, Solène & Guérin, Isabelle & Roesch, Marc & Moisseron, Jean-Yves, 2014. "Adding Value to Randomization with Qualitative Analysis: The Case of Microcredit in Rural Morocco," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 302-312.

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