The thesis analyzes why Indian child labor policies have evolved to programs that aim at the eradication of child labor, however inefficiently. In order to get there, the adopted approach links segmentationnists and regulationnists theories. The first one analyses rural Indian growth as the heart of the social question. The second one studies the synchrony between policies and social question. The dynamic of child labor policies is seen as a step towards the social construction of an institutional architecture for Indian rural growth. But, given their modernism, these policies have proven unsuitable for Indian rural spaces. Hence, child labor elimination policies increase the spatial segmentation. The thesis considers this dynamic as a revelation of the Indian State modernization. Child labor policies are analyzed in the way of the construction of a capitalist economy in rural spaces. By increasing the spatial segmentation, the Indian state modernization deregulates the Indian path. This dynamic is dangerous for the Indian political system.
