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Ground Down by Growth : tribe, caste, class and inequality in twenty-first-century India / Alpa Shah

TextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Publication details: New Delhi :Oxford University Press 2018Description: 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 9780199485062Subject(s): Social sciences | Groups of people | Equality -- India | Poverty -- India | India -- Economic conditions -- 21st century | India -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Economic historyDDC classification: 305.512 SHA

Contents:

Tribe, caste and class : new mechanics of exploitation and oppression / Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche -- Macro-economic aspects of inequality and poverty in India / K. P. Kannan -- Tea belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala / Jayaseelan Raj -- Cuddalore, chemical industrial estate, Tamil Nadu / Brendan Donegan -- Bhadrachalam scheduled area, Telangana / Dalel Benbabaali -- Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh / Richard Axelby -- Narmada Valley and adjoining plains, Maharashtra / Vikramaditya Thakur -- The struggles ahead / Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche.

Summary: Why has India{u2019}s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Traveling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's "untouchables" and "tribals" fit into the global economy. India{u2019}s Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain among the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists, this book reveals the lived impact of global capitalism on the people of these communities. Through anthropological studies of how the oppressions of caste, tribe, region, and gender impact the working poor and migrant labor in India, this new anthology illuminates the relationship between global capital and social inequality in the Indian context.--Publisher's description

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Tribe, caste and class : new mechanics of exploitation and oppression / Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche --
Macro-economic aspects of inequality and poverty in India / K. P. Kannan --
Tea belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala / Jayaseelan Raj --
Cuddalore, chemical industrial estate, Tamil Nadu / Brendan Donegan --
Bhadrachalam scheduled area, Telangana / Dalel Benbabaali --
Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh / Richard Axelby --
Narmada Valley and adjoining plains, Maharashtra / Vikramaditya Thakur --
The struggles ahead / Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche.

Why has India{u2019}s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Traveling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's "untouchables" and "tribals" fit into the global economy. India{u2019}s Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain among the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists, this book reveals the lived impact of global capitalism on the people of these communities. Through anthropological studies of how the oppressions of caste, tribe, region, and gender impact the working poor and migrant labor in India, this new anthology illuminates the relationship between global capital and social inequality in the Indian context.--Publisher's description

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