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Blocked by caste : economic discrimination in modern India / edited by Sukhadeo Thorat, Katherine S. Newman with a foreword by Kaushik Basu.
- Title
- Blocked by caste : economic discrimination in modern India / edited by Sukhadeo Thorat, Katherine S. Newman with a foreword by Kaushik Basu.
- Publication
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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- Description
- xxi, 377 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Contributed articles.
- Alternative Title
- Economic discrimination in modern India
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-374).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : economic discrimination : concept, consequences, and remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman -- Market discrimination : labour and other markets. The legacy of social exclusion : a correspondence study of job discrimination in India's urban private sector / Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell ; In the name of globalization : meritocracy, productivity, and the hidden language of caste / Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman ; Where the path leads : the role of caste in post-university employment expectations / Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman ; Wage and job discrimination in the Indian urban labour market / S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell ; Caste system and pattern of discrimination in rural markets / Sukhadeo Thorat, M. Mahamillik, and Nidhi Sadana -- Non-market discrimination : health, education, and food-related institutions. Inequality in health outcomes in India : the role of caste and religion / Vani K. Borooah ; Caste and patterns of discrimination in rural public health care services / Sanghmitra S. Acharya ; Segmented schooling : inequalities in primary education / Sonalde Desai, Cedily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey ; Exclusion and discrimination in schools : experiences of Dalit children / Geetha B. Nambissan ; Food security schemes and caste discrimination / Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee -- Discrimination-induced inequalities : capital assets and poverty. Caste and ownership of private enterprises : consequences of denial of property rights / Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana ; Minority status and labour market outcomes : does India have minority enclaves? / Maitreyi Bordia Das ; Caste, ethnicity, and religion : linkages with unemployment and poverty / Smita Das.
- ISBN
- 9780198060802
- 0198060807
- LCCN
- ^^2009305734
- OCLC
- 489364773
- SCSB-12900656
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library