Determinants of Social Mobility in India

Published By: Economic and Political Weekly | Published Date: July, 20 , 2002

The role of caste and community in class mobility and the impact of modernisation on such processes has long been a subject of local ethnographic research. This study, by using sample data from 1996 National Election Study, offers a first time overview of the national scenario. An overview that facilitates several perspectives and a continuing paradox - that opportunities of economic advancement do exist along with persistent and substantial class inequalities.

Author(s): Anthony Heath, Oliver Heath, Sanjay Kumar | Posted on: Mar 04, 2014 | Views(436)


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