The Process of Social Exclusion of Tea Garden Workers: A Study on Sylhet City Corporation, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md. Ohidur Zaman University of Barisal
  • Tareq Mahamud Abir CCNU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/ajhal.v5i2.340

Keywords:

Poverty, Capability deprivation, Social Exclusion

Abstract

Previous literature suggests that tea garden workers of Bangladesh are excluded from social, political and economic aspects. Therefore, this research work aimed to exploring the process of social exclusion of tea garden worker. All the tea gardens within Sylhet City Corporation have been selected as the study area and empirical data has been collected from selected respondents by Survey and In-depth interview methods. The field data show that tea garden workers are excluded in main three ways. They are deprived from social and political rights and have a very small control on their material world. Such deprivations made them incapable and create a cycle of poverty which leads them to social exclusion. Moreover, tea garden owners and managers play a peculiar role to exploit them from their basic socio-political and economic rights. In such a way, tea garden workers become excluded from the main stream people and living inhuman life.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Md. Ohidur Zaman, University of Barisal

    Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Barisal, BANGLADESH

  • Tareq Mahamud Abir, CCNU

    PhD Research Fellow, Central China Normal University (CCNU), CHINA

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2018-12-31

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How to Cite

Zaman, M. O. ., & Abir, T. M. . (2018). The Process of Social Exclusion of Tea Garden Workers: A Study on Sylhet City Corporation, Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Humanity, Art and Literature, 5(2), 101-108. https://doi.org/10.18034/ajhal.v5i2.340

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