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Emancipation for Survival: Access to Land and Labour of Thandans in Kerala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Olga Nieuwenhuys
Olga Nieuwenhuys
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University of Amsterdam
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Landless labourers often cultivate relations of patronage as part of survival strategies even though such relations severely curtail the scope for their emancipationin the long run. In the past decennia, however, the possibilities to maintain relations of patronage or get into new ones have been dwindling fast (Breman 1974). New forms of dependency, such as political clientelism, have proven to be relevant to only a selected minority. To which strategies for survival does the mass of the landless take resort in this situation? Are these more conducive to their emancipation than patronage relations?

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 599 - 619
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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