Grammar of Caste (Record no. 25327)
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| fixed length control field | 01673nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780199471980 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305.51220954 |
| Item number | DES-G |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Deshpande, Ashwini |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Grammar of Caste |
| Sub Title | : Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xlix, 297p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliography & index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 is an important step towards a multidisciplinary dialogue for understanding (and mitigating) inequalities based on birth and descent. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Caste System- India |
| -- | Social Condition - India |
| Form subdivision | Discrimination |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2019-03-25 | OP | 25/03/2019 | 305.51220954 DES-G | 50125 | 2019-03-25 | Books |