Structural Arrangements

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to be raised as industrious adults, and school becomes a looming priority as the child attempts to obtain schooling in light of the bonded labor conditions.
According to Kovasevic (2007), “Four years ago, Yeramma was a young student at one of India’s government schools. When her sister became ill and hospital fees quickly surpassed the family’s earnings, she was bonded to a silk manufacturer for 1,700 rupees (US$35). At merely seven years of age, Yeramma’s youth was forfeited to India’s expansive silk industry. She will likely spend the rest of her lifetime paying off $35 in debt.” (Kovasevic, pg. 26, Child Slavery, 2007)
The social conditions gave rise to an economic enslavement, a sort of indentured servitude where the cost of indebtedness creates an economic slave of the labor unit. The individual will spend a lifetime working off a debt that may seek to increase at any moment during the indentured servitude period. The cultural ideology of these children is ...

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theory. However, the case of Yeramma is evidence of conflict theory. The economic exploitation via the beatings into submission of these children is indicative of the conflict theorist in an approach that is decidedly Marxist yet not Marxist, such that the capitalist is employing socialism as a means of control.
According to Kovasevic (2007), “As defined in a Human Rights Watch report, a bonded child is “a child working in conditions of servitude to pay off a debt.” In many instances, the loan is incurred by destitute parents in order to pay for the most basic necessities. This prevents the child from seeking other employment, even in the face of brutal mistreatment. The child ...

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