Everyday Politics of <i>Dadan</i> Contracts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT This article analyses processes of dadan contract negotiations between Bengali intermediaries and indigenous Tanchangya peasants the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, in culantro sector. The research extends debates on system interlocked market relationships by highlighting everyday dynamics issue ‘just price’ that arises from such contracts. argues loan leads to greater spaces for exploitation. While it facilitates peasants’ access credit agricultural social reproduction supply wider national markets, also creates a dependency moneylending traders. Such an analysis reveals limitations existing studies accounting social, cultural political aspects contracts, alongside their economic aspects. concludes contested moralities associated with pursuit familial subsistence contractual obligations shape decisions strategies concerning