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008			180523t20182018ii ad b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780199480142 _q(hardback)
040			_aIDSK _beng _cIDSK
041			_aeng _heng
082	0	4	_a305.5130954 _223
100	1		_aVaid, Divya, _d1979- _eauthor. _91240
245	1	0	_aUneven odds : _bsocial mobility in contemporary India / _cDivya Vaid.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew Delhi, India : _bOxford University Press, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_axv, 338 pages : _billustrations, charts (black and white) ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 306-327) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
520			_aThis 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.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		0	_aSocial mobility _zIndia. _91241
650		0	_aSocial classes _zIndia. _91242
650		0	_aCaste _zIndia. _91142
650		0	_aJob vacancies _2LCSH _zIndia. _91243
650		7	_2LCSH _aCaste. _91244
650		7	_2LCSH _aJob vacancies. _91245
650		7	_aSocial classes. _2LCSH _91246
650		7	_aSocial mobility. _2LCSH _91247
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