TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vaid,Divya
TI  - Uneven odds: social mobility in contemporary India
SN  - 9780199480142
U1  - 305.513/VAI 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press 
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - India
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Caste
KW  - Job vacancies
N1  - 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; Also issued online
N2  - 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
ER  -