The Grammar of Caste: Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India - Couverture souple

Deshpande, Ashwini

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199471983 ISBN 13 : 9780199471980

Editeur : OUP India, 2019

Synopsis

Is the caste system disappearing? Are traditional hierarchies being replaced by competing equalities? Do globalization and liberalization automatically result in diminishing disparities? Are modern labour markets intrinsically meritocratic and efficient? Challenging the dominant discourse and demolishing various myths, this book provides answers to these and other critical questions on caste in its contemporary avatar. Linking the economics of caste with its politics, sociology, and history, this innovative book provides a stimulating assessment of continuities and changes in caste disparities over the last two decades. Deshpande uses rich empirical data to uncover how contemporary, formal, urban sector labour markets reflect a deep awareness of caste, religious, gender, and class cleavages. She convincingly argues that discrimination is neither a relic of the past nor is it confined to rural areas, but is very much a modern, formal sector phenomenon. This insightful book, with a new introduction to the paperback edition, is an important step towards a multidisciplinary dialogue for understanding (and mitigating) inequalities based on birth and descent.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ashwini Deshpande is Professor, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, India. She is the author of Affirmative Action in India (OISI), OUP 2013.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199471983
• ISBN 13: 9780199471980
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Allemagne