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Foreword by Kaushik Basu
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Economic Discrimination Concept, Consequences and Remedies by Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman
PART I. MARKET DISCRIMINATION: LABOUR AND OTHER MARKETS
1. The Legacy of Social Exclusion: A Correspondence Study of Job Discrimination in India's Urban Private Sector by Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell
2. In the Name of Globalization: Meritocracy, Productivity, and the Hidden Language of Caste by Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman
3. Where the Path Leads: The Role of Caste in Post-university Employment Expectations by Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman
4. Wage and Job Discrimination in the Indian Urban Labour Market by S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell
5. Caste System and Pattern of Discrimination in Rural Markets by Sukhadeo Thorat , M. Mahamallik, and Nidhi Sadana
PART 2. NON-MARKET DISCRIMINATION: HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FOOD-RELATED INSTITUTIONS
6. Inequality in Health Outcomes in India: The Role of Caste and Religion by Vani K. Borooah
7. Caste and Patterns of Discrimination in Rural Public Health Care Services by Sanghmitra S. Acharya
8. Segmented Schooling: Inequalities in Primary Education by Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey
9. Exclusion and Discrimination in Schools: Experiences of Dalit Children by Geetha B. Nambissan
10. Food Security Schemes and Caste Discrimination by Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee
PART 3. DISCRIMINATION-INDUCED INEQUALITIES: CAPITAL ASSETS, AND POVERTY
11. Caste and Ownership of Private Enterprises: Consequences of Denial of Property Rights by Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana
12. Minority Status and Labour Market Outcomes: Does India Have Minority Enclaves? by Maitreyi Bordia Das
13. Caste, Ethnicity and Religion: Linkages with Unemployment and Poverty by Smita Das
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Notes on Contributors.