Blocked by Caste
Economic Discrimination in Modern India
Published on 19. November 2009
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-19-806080-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume argues that the Indian society is characterized by multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion that create profound barriers to upward mobility and freedom from structures of deprivation. The essays study widespread patterns of discrimination and underlying attitudinal orientations that contribute to inequality in various aspects of life. Based on archival research, field surveys, and interviews, the contributors explore practical aspects of economic discrimination and social exclusion in India. They also discuss some of the theoretical issues related to social exclusion in general and economic discrimination in particular, to provide conceptual backdrop and to place the empirical studies in necessary theoretical perspective. The book investigates historic patterns of discrimination with factors like reservation in private sector, globalization, caste and employment, ownership of private enterprises, labour market, poverty, health care, education, food security, and creation of Dalit identities as well as the consequences of discrimination and possible remedies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
86 tables, 1 figure, 1 chart
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
556 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-806080-2 (9780198060802)
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01/2012
OUP India
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Persons
Sukhadeo Thorat is Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi; Katherine S. Newman is Director, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University.
Content
Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1. Economic Discrimination: Theoretical Backdrop; 1: Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman: Caste, Economic Discrimination, and Social Exclusion: Concept, Consequences, and Remedies; Part 2. Market Discrimination: Labour and Other Markets; 2: Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell: The Legacy of Social Exclusion: A Correspondence Study of Job Discrimination in India's Urban Private Sector; 3: Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman:
In the Name of Globalization: Meritocracy, Productivity, and the Hidden Language of Caste; 4: Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman: Where the Path Leads: The Role of Caste in Post-university
Employment Expectations; 5: S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell: Wage and Job Discrimination in the Indian Urban Labour Market; 6: Sukhadeo Thorat , M. Mahamallik, and Nidhi Sadana: Caste System and Pattern of Discrimination in Rural Markets; Part 3. Non-Market Discrimination: Health, Education and Food-Related Institutions; 7: Vani K. Borooah: Inequality in Health Outcomes in India: The Role of Caste and Religion; 8: Sanghmitra S. Acharya: Caste and Patterns of Discrimination in Rural Public
Health Care Services; 9: Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey: Segmented Schooling: Inequalities in Primary Education; 10: Geetha B. Nambissan: Exclusion and Discrimination in Schools:
Experiences of Dalit Children; 11: Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee: Food Security Schemes and Caste Discrimination; Part 4. Discrimination Induced Inequalities: Capital Assets, and Poverty; 12: Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana: Caste and Ownership of Private Enterprises; 13: Maitreyi Bordia Das: Minority Status and Labour Market Outcomes: Does India Have Minority Enclaves?; 14: Smita Das: Caste, Ethnicity and Religion: Linkages with Un-employment and Poverty; Contributors Note
In the Name of Globalization: Meritocracy, Productivity, and the Hidden Language of Caste; 4: Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman: Where the Path Leads: The Role of Caste in Post-university
Employment Expectations; 5: S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell: Wage and Job Discrimination in the Indian Urban Labour Market; 6: Sukhadeo Thorat , M. Mahamallik, and Nidhi Sadana: Caste System and Pattern of Discrimination in Rural Markets; Part 3. Non-Market Discrimination: Health, Education and Food-Related Institutions; 7: Vani K. Borooah: Inequality in Health Outcomes in India: The Role of Caste and Religion; 8: Sanghmitra S. Acharya: Caste and Patterns of Discrimination in Rural Public
Health Care Services; 9: Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey: Segmented Schooling: Inequalities in Primary Education; 10: Geetha B. Nambissan: Exclusion and Discrimination in Schools:
Experiences of Dalit Children; 11: Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee: Food Security Schemes and Caste Discrimination; Part 4. Discrimination Induced Inequalities: Capital Assets, and Poverty; 12: Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana: Caste and Ownership of Private Enterprises; 13: Maitreyi Bordia Das: Minority Status and Labour Market Outcomes: Does India Have Minority Enclaves?; 14: Smita Das: Caste, Ethnicity and Religion: Linkages with Un-employment and Poverty; Contributors Note