Space relations of capital and Significance of New economic enclaves: SeZs in india
December 5, 2008
By Swapna Banerjee-Guha. This article was published in EPW.
“Space is political. It is a product literally filled with ideologies.” - Lefebvre 1991: 101
This paper examines the evolution of the new development enclaves - special economic zones - in India in the light of the space relations of capital. The process of establishing sezs in India is essentially a classic unfolding of the process of “accumulation by dispossession” which is part of the recent strategy of global capital to overcome the chronic problem of over-accumulation. The paper throws light on the ongoing reorganisation of the space relations of capital in India.
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