Blocked by caste : economic discrimination in modern India / edited by Sukhadeo Thorat, Katherine S. Newman with a foreword by Kaushik Basu.

Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [368]-374).

Introduction : Economic discrimination : concept, consequences, and remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman Market discrimination : labour and other markets. The legacy of social exclusion : a correspondence study of job discrimination in India's urban private sector / Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell ; In the name of globalization : meritocracy, productivity, and the hidden language of caste / Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman ; Where the path leads : the role of caste in post-university employment expectations / Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman ; Wage and job discrimination in the Indian urban labour market / S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell ; Caste system and pattern of discrimination in rural markets / Sukhadeo Thorat, M. Mahamillik, and Nidhi Sadana -- Non-market discrimination : health, education, and food-related institutions. Inequality in health outcomes in India : the role of caste and religion / Vani K. Borooah ; Caste and patterns of discrimination in rural public health care services / Sanghmitra S. Acharya ; Segmented schooling : inequalities in primary education / Sonalde Desai, Cedily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey ; Exclusion and discrimination in schools : experiences of Dalit children / Geetha B. Nambissan ; Food security schemes and caste discrimination / Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee -- Discrimination-induced inequalities : capital assets and poverty. Caste and ownership of private enterprises : consequences of denial of property rights / Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana ; Minority status and labour market outcomes : does India have minority enclaves? / Maitreyi Bordia Das ; Caste, ethnicity, and religion : linkages with unemployment and poverty / Smita Das.

This volume argues that the Indian society is characterized by multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion that create profound barriers to upward mobility and freedom from structures of deprivation. The essays study widespread patterns of discrimination and underlying attitudinal orientations that contribute to inequality in various aspects of life. Based on archival research, field surveys, and interviews, the contributors explore practical aspects of economic discrimination and social exclusion in India. They also discuss some of the theoretical issues related to social exclusion in general and economic discrimination in particular, to provide conceptual backdrop and to place the empirical studies in necessary theoretical perspective. The book investigates historic patterns of discrimination with factors like reservation in private sector, globalization, caste and employment, ownership of private enterprises, labour market, poverty, health care, education, food security, and creation of Dalit identities as well as the consequences of discrimination and possible remedies. -- Publisher description.