Uneven odds : social mobility in contemporary India / Divya Vaid.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: 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: volumeISBN: 9780199480142Subject(s): Social mobility -- India | Social classes -- India | Caste -- India | Job vacancies -- India | Caste | Job vacancies | Social classes | Social mobilityDDC classification: 305.5130954 Also issued online.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Textual Documents | Institute of Development Studies Kolkata | 305.5130954 V123u (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 8305 |
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.
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