Blocked by caste : economic discrimination in modern India / edited by Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine Newman ; with a foreword by Kaushik Basu.

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TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xxi, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780198060802 (hbk.)
0198060807 (hbk.)

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305.51220954 BLO 23 000677

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Introduction. Economic discrimination concept, consequences, and remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman 1. The legacy of social exclusion : a correspondence study of job discrimination in India's urban private sector / Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell 2. In the name of globalization : meritocracy, productivity, and the hidden language of caste / Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman 3. Where the path leads : the role of caste in post-university employment expectations / Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman 4. Wage and job discrimination in the Indian urban labour market / S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell 5. Caste system and pattern of discrimination in rural markets / Sukhadeo Thorat, M. Mahamallik and Nidhi Sadana 6. Inequality in health outcomes in India : the role of caste and religion / Vani K. Borooah 7. Caste and patterns of discrimination in rural public health care services / Sanghmitra S. Acharya 8. Segmented schooling : inequalities in primary education / Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams and Amaresh Dubey 9. Exclusion and discrimination in schools : experiences of Dalit children / Geetha B. Nambissan 10. Food security schemes and caste discrimination / Sukhadeo Desai and Joel Lee 11. Caste and ownership of private enterprises : consequences of denial of property rights / Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu and Nidhi Sadana 12. Minority status and labour market outcomes : does India have minority enclaves? / Maitreyi Bordia Das 13. Caste, ethnicity, and religion : linkages with unemployment and poverty / Smita Das.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	305.51220954 BLO 013070 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013070
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	305.51220954 BLO 000677 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000677

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Introduction. Economic discrimination concept, consequences, and remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman
1. The legacy of social exclusion : a correspondence study of job discrimination in India's urban private sector / Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell
2. In the name of globalization : meritocracy, productivity, and the hidden language of caste / Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman
3. Where the path leads : the role of caste in post-university employment expectations / Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman
4. Wage and job discrimination in the Indian urban labour market / S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell
5. Caste system and pattern of discrimination in rural markets / Sukhadeo Thorat, M. Mahamallik and Nidhi Sadana
6. Inequality in health outcomes in India : the role of caste and religion / Vani K. Borooah
7. Caste and patterns of discrimination in rural public health care services / Sanghmitra S. Acharya
8. Segmented schooling : inequalities in primary education / Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams and Amaresh Dubey
9. Exclusion and discrimination in schools : experiences of Dalit children / Geetha B. Nambissan
10. Food security schemes and caste discrimination / Sukhadeo Desai and Joel Lee
11. Caste and ownership of private enterprises : consequences of denial of property rights / Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu and Nidhi Sadana
12. Minority status and labour market outcomes : does India have minority enclaves? / Maitreyi Bordia Das
13. Caste, ethnicity, and religion : linkages with unemployment and poverty / Smita Das.

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