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Uneven odds : social mobility in contemporary India / Divya Vaid

By: Vaid, Divya, 1979-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, c2018Description: xvii, 338 p. : charts ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780199480142 :.Subject(s): Social mobility -- India | Social classes -- India | India -- Social conditionsDDC classification: E 305.5130954
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This text 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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes