Uneven odds :
Vaid, Divya, 1979-
Uneven odds : social mobility in contemporary India/ eng Divya Vaid - First edition. - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2018 - xv, 338 pages : illustrations, charts (black and white) ; 23 cm
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.
9780199480142 0199480141
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2017353338
Social mobility--India.
Social classes--India.
Caste--India.
Job vacancies--India.
Social mobility.
305.513/VAI
Uneven odds : social mobility in contemporary India/ eng Divya Vaid - First edition. - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2018 - xv, 338 pages : illustrations, charts (black and white) ; 23 cm
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.
9780199480142 0199480141
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2017353338
Social mobility--India.
Social classes--India.
Caste--India.
Job vacancies--India.
Social mobility.
305.513/VAI