The Grammar of Caste: Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India - Hardcover

Deshpande, Ashwani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198072031 ISBN 13: 9780198072034

Verlag: OUP India, 2011

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Reseña del editor:

This book examines the contemporary nature of caste disparities in India by using a framework that integrates discussions on caste from other social science disciplines with those from within economics. It brings together quantitative evidence on different dimensions of caste disparities based on two large national-level data sets, in order to analyse the degree of change in the caste system over the last two decades. Offering evidence based on economic analysis, it questions commonly-held views and challenges traditional wisdom.
The author uses the latest methods that allow researchers to gauge discrimination and shows how some of these methods have been used in the Indian context and what the quest has yielded. The book also discusses policy responses to disparities and discrimination by reviewing the existing quota system.

Biografía del autor:

Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics

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• Verlag: OUP India
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0198072031
• ISBN 13: 9780198072034
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272