Modern slavery and bonded labour in South Asia: a human rights-based approach

This book investigates one of the most pervasive forms of modern slavery: bonded labour, whereby labour is linked witha credit agreement, leavinga debtor bound to repay their debt through long-term servitude. Drawing on cases from Nepal and India, the author adopts a human rights-based approach, int...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samonova, Elena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge 2019
Series:Routledge research on Asian development 5
Subjects:
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:This book investigates one of the most pervasive forms of modern slavery: bonded labour, whereby labour is linked witha credit agreement, leavinga debtor bound to repay their debt through long-term servitude. Drawing on cases from Nepal and India, the author adopts a human rights-based approach, interpreting slavery as a violation of human rights, and focusing on the empowerment of slaves as rights holders. Ultimately the book aims to explore thelinks between rights, power inequality and oppression, and to uncover ways to achieve the full liberation of bonded labourers. Identifying the factors and forces that contribute to and reinforce the situation of bonded labour in South Asia, thebook demonstrates how systems of bonded labour are connected to long-term processes of colonisation, dispossession, migration, nationalisation of natural resources, and the introduction of private land ownership. Despite the fact that the United Nationshas reported debt bondage as the most prevalent form of forced labour worldwide, there it is still little known about the real practical impacts of this approach to the lives of marginalised people. Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book will be a useful guide to students and scholars of modern slavery, international development, and South Asian studies
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 177 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780429054952
0429054955
9780429619816
0429619812
9780429617669
0429617666
9780429621963
0429621965

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text