01458nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000091662 StDuBDS 20150804193931.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120702s2011 ii a fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199081028 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS DS422.C3 D4 2011 305.51220954 23 Deshpande, Ashwini, 1965- The grammar of caste [electronic resource] : economic discrimination in contemporary India / Ashwini Deshpande. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (xxi, 295 p.) : ill. This book examines the contemporary nature of caste disparities in India from an economist's perspective. Questioning traditional wisdom on the degree of change in the caste system over the last two decades, it brings together evidence on different dimensions of caste disparities based on two large national-level data sets. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Caste India. Caste Economic aspects India. India Social conditions. India Economic conditions. Print version 9780198072034 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198072034.001.0001 37375 37375