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Ground Down by Growth : Tribe, Caste, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shah, Alpa.
- Series:
- Anthropology, culture, and society
- Anthropology, Culture, and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Equality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's 'untouchables' and 'tribals' fit into the global economy. India's Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain amongst the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists, Ground Down by Growth reveals the impact of global capitalism on their lives. It shows how capitalism entrenches, rather than erases, social difference and has transformed traditional forms of identity-based discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression. Through studies of the working poor, migrant labour and the conjugated oppression of caste, tribe, region, gender and class relations, the social inequalities generated by capitalism are exposed.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Series Preface
- Preface: Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche
- 1 Tribe, Caste and Class - New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression
- 2 Macro-Economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India
- 3 Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala
- 4 Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu
- 5 Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana
- 6 Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh
- 7 Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra
- 8 The Struggles Ahead
- Appendix: Tables and Figures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781786802057
- 1786802058
- OCLC:
- 1036743380
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