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Blocked by caste economic discrimination in modern India

Thorat Sukhadeo

Blocked by caste economic discrimination in modern India - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2010 - 377p xx

Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figure.
Foreword by Kaushik Basu.
Preface and Acknowledgements.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction: Economic Discrimination Concept, Consequences and Remedies by Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman.

PART I. MARKET DISCRIMINATION: LABOUR AND OTHER MARKETS.
1:The Legacy of Social Exclusion: A Correspondence Study of Job Discrimination in India's Urban Private Sector by Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell.
2:In the Name of Globalization: Meritocracy, Productivity, and the Hidden Language of Caste by Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman.
3:Where the Path Leads: The Role of Caste in Post-university Employment Expectations by Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman.
4:Wage and Job Discrimination in the Indian Urban Labour Market by S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell.
5:Caste System and Pattern of Discrimination in Rural Markets by Sukhadeo Thorat , M. Mahamallik, and Nidhi Sadana.

PART 2. NON-MARKET DISCRIMINATION: HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FOOD-RELATED INSTITUTIONS:
6:Inequality in Health Outcomes in India: The Role of Caste and Religion by Vani K. Borooah.
7:Caste and Patterns of Discrimination in Rural Public Health Care Services by Sanghmitra S. Acharya.
8:Segmented Schooling: Inequalities in Primary Education by Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey.
9:Exclusion and Discrimination in Schools: Experiences of Dalit Children by Geetha B. Nambissan.
10:Food Security Schemes and Caste Discrimination by Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee.

PART 3. DISCRIMINATION-INDUCED INEQUALITIES: CAPITAL ASSETS, AND POVERTY:
11:Caste and Ownership of Private Enterprises: Consequences of Denial of Property Rights by Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana.
12:Minority Status and Labour Market Outcomes: Does India Have Minority Enclaves? by Maitreyi Bordia Das.
13:Caste, Ethnicity and Religion: Linkages with Unemployment and Poverty by Smita Das.
Select Bibliography.
Notes on Contributors. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/61267343X.pdf

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1. Caste - Economic Aspects - India2. Discrimination - Economic Aspects 3. Marginality - Social - Economic Aspects

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