Dalits in Neoliberal India: Mobility or Marginalisation? Contributor(s): Still, Clarinda (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138020249 ISBN-13: 9781138020245 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2014 Click for more in this series: Exploring the Political in South Asia |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 305.568 |
LCCN: 2014357930 |
Series: Exploring the Political in South Asia |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.7" W x 8.8" L (1.00 lbs) 292 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: India's economic growth has brought opportunities for many but to what extent has it benefitted its ethnically-shaped underclass: the Dalits? Have Dalits fared better in a neoliberal India or have structural economic and social changes served to magnify Dalit disadvantage? This volume offers a varied picture of Dalit experience in different states in contemporary India. The essays draw on factual research in rural and urban areas by experts in the field. With case studies ranging from Dalit entrepreneurs in Bhopal to housewives in Tamil Nadu to ex-millworkers in Mumbai, the book contends that radically progressive change and advance is attended by discrimination and exclusion, as well as surprising new areas of stigma. With contributions by political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and economists, the volume will be key reading for scholars and students of Dalit and subaltern studies, sociology, political science, and economics. |
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