000 00714nam a2200133 4500
020 _a9780199471980
082 _a305.51220954
_bDES.G
100 _aDeshpande, Ashwini,
245 _a The grammar of caste : economic discrimination in contemporary India
260 _a New Delhi :
_bOxford University Press:
_c2011
300 _a xxi, 295 pages ; 23 cm
520 _aThis 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.
942 _cBK
999 _c354052
_d354052