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PresentationHegemonic neo-liberal discourse assumes that free competition on all levels sparks a virtuous cycle of economic growth, which eventually trickles down to poor populations. Over the past three decades, the idea that restrictive labour laws hamper such competition has justified the deregulation of labour in the North and the un-regulation of labour in the South, notably in South Asia, where labour relations had already mainly been informal. Various sociologists have noted that intensified economic interactions and the rise of competition have made individuals more likely to activate their social networks to protect their individual interests. In this respect, to what extent do social networks shape relations in the diverse South Asian labour markets? How do new forms of social groupings reconfigure competition and solidarity relations? What forms of social interactions prevail, emerge and weaken in the market: chosen solidarity and inherited solidarity; inter-caste and intra-caste solidarity; class solidarity; corporate solidarity etc.?Programme9h00: Keynote speech by the organisers9h30: Presentation by Jens Lerche (SOAS&#160;London) :&#160;"Labour markets of the Indian boom: deregulation,&#160;informalisation&#160;and entrenching patterns of social inequality"10h30: Morning tea, coffee and snacks10h45: Remi De Bercegol (CNRS - UMR 8586&#160;PRODIG) :&#160;&#8220;Development on the urban fringe: the economic vitality of the furniture industry of Kartarpur.&#8221;Discussant :&#160;Philippe Cad&#232;ne (Paris Diderot - UMR 245&#160;CESSMA)11h45: Xavier&#160;Hermand&#160;:&#160;(Paris Nanterre - UMR 7186&#160;LESC) :&#160;&#8220;The artisans' communities in Jalalabad, castes in Muslim context or family cartels&#8221;Discussant : Pierre&#160;Lachaier&#160;(EHESS - EFEO)12h45: Lebanese Lunch14h: Presentation by Isabelle Gu&#233;rin (IRD - UMR 245&#160;CESSMA) :&#160;&#8220;Webs of debt. Unfree labour, financial exploitation and social integration in the age of financialisation&#8221; (written with G. Venkatasubramanian)15h: Lola Sal&#232;s (Paris Nanterre - UMR 7218&#160;LAVUE) :&#160;&#8220;Who has the right to public space? Competition, social&#160;organization, identities and citizenship&#160;reshaping&#160;in the context of the Street vendors Act implementation in Mumbai&#8221;Discussant :&#160;V&#233;ronique Dupont (IRD - UMR 245&#160;CESSMA)16h:&#160;Afternoon tea, coffee and snacks16h15: Odile Henry (Universit&#233; Paris 8) &#38; Mathieu Ferry (ENS&#160;Cachan) :&#160;&#8221;The structuring of a social space of recruitment for elite engineering students: the case of IIT students&#8221;.Discussant: Isabelle Gu&#233;rin (IRD - UMR 245&#160;CESSMA)17h15: Round table18h: Goodbye cocktailScientific committeeIsabelle Gu&#233;rin&#160;IRD &#38; CESSMA (Center for Social Sciences Studies on African, American and Asian worlds)V&#233;ronique Dupont, IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) &#38; CESSMAOrganizing committeeYves Marie Rault, Ph.D. candidate, Universit&#233; Paris Diderot &#38; CESSMAFloriane Bolazzi, Ph.D. candidate, Universit&#233; Paris Diderot &#38; CESSMAArnaud Kaba, Ph.D. candidate, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales &#38; LISST-CAS (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarit&#233;s, Soci&#233;t&#233;s, Territoires, Centre d&#8217;Anthropologie Sociale)