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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Divya Vaid (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University)Publisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.524kg ISBN: 9780199480142ISBN 10: 0199480141 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 28 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Tables 1: Introduction: Approaching Social Mobility 2: The Indian Context: Caste, Gender, and the Labour Market 3: How Many Classes are There? Class Debates and Class Schema 4: How Mobile is India? Social Mobility Patterns and Trends 5: Cutting Through Caste and Class Mobility 6: Mobility Mechanisms: The Role of Education 7: Conclusions: Unequal Chances Bibliography Appendices Index About the AuthorReviewsUnEven Odds is not only remarkable because it is the first book to really analyze class mobility in India, it is also a model of thorough quantitative analysis. It definitely opens the way for further quantitative research in social stratification as indicated in the book's conclusion. * Mathieu Ferry, SciencesPo, Observatory for Social Change, South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal * Author InformationDivya Vaid teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She holds an M.Sc. and a D.Phil. in Sociology from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining JNU, Divya held Postdoctoral positions at the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Life Course (CIQLE) at the Department of Sociology, Yale University; and at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi. She specializes in the study of social mobility and inequality, with a keen interest in class and education, and gender and urban life. She teaches courses on Social Stratification, on Social Mobility and on Statistics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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