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The grammar of caste : economic discrimination in contemporary India / Ashwini Deshpande.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deshpande, Ashwini, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination--Economic aspects.
- Discrimination.
- Caste.
- India.
- Caste--Economic aspects--India.
- Discrimination--Economic aspects--India.
- People with social disabilities--Government policy--India.
- People with social disabilities.
- People with social disabilities--Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 295 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- This book examines the contemporary nature of caste disparities in India from an economist's perspective. Questioning traditional wisdom on the degree of change in the caste system over the last two decades, it brings together evidence on different dimensions of caste disparities based on two large national-level data sets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780198072034
- 0198072031
- OCLC:
- 706025031
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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