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020 _a9780198065128
082 _a303.0945 DES
100 _aSonalde Desai
245 _aHuman development in India
_b : challenges for a society in transition
_c/Sonalde Desai
260 _aOxford ; New York
_b: Oxford University Press
_c, 2010.
300 _axxii, 234 pages
_b : color illustrations
_c; 28 cm
505 _a Income, poverty, and inequality -- Agriculture -- Employment -- Household assets and amenities -- Education -- Health and medical care -- Child well-being -- Well-being of the older population -- gender and family dynamics -- Social integration and exclusion -- Villages in a global world -- Social safety nets in India -- Appendix I : IHDS : the design -- Appendix II : chapter organization and definition of variables.
520 _aIndia's rapid economic expansion has raised global interest in its complex society and the continued growth that has touched the ordinary citizen. This report highlights how poverty and affluence intersect with age-old divisions of regional inequalities, gender, caste, and religion that have long structured human development in India. Together, these economic and social forces shape every facet of Indians'
650 _aSocial Sciences
655 _aSocial change -- India.
_bIndia -- Social conditions -- 1947-
700 _aSonalde Desai
942 _cCPT
999 _c50244
_d50244