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Uneven odds : social mobility in contemporary India / Divya Vaid.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 338 pages : illustrations, charts (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199480142
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5130954 VAI.U 23
LOC classification:
  • HN690.Z9 S65 2018
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction: approaching social mobility -- The Indian context: caste, gender, and the labour market -- How many classes are there? Class debates and class schemas -- How mobile is India? Social mobility patterns and trends -- Cutting through: caste and class mobility -- Mobility mechanisms: the role of education -- Conclusions: uneven odds.
Summary: This book draws on national level datasets and advanced quantitative techniques to address the question of the rate of social mobility in Indian society. It underlines the fairly stable nature of Indian society, despite liberalization, and the critical role caste, class, gender and education play in this regard.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-327) and index.

Introduction: approaching social mobility -- The Indian context: caste, gender, and the labour market -- How many classes are there? Class debates and class schemas -- How mobile is India? Social mobility patterns and trends -- Cutting through: caste and class mobility -- Mobility mechanisms: the role of education -- Conclusions: uneven odds.

This book draws on national level datasets and advanced quantitative techniques to address the question of the rate of social mobility in Indian society. It underlines the fairly stable nature of Indian society, despite liberalization, and the critical role caste, class, gender and education play in this regard.

Also issued online.

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