Degrees without freedom: The impact of formal education on Dalit young men in North India

Development and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 963-986

  Jeffrey, Craig ^a   Jeffery, Roger ^a   Jeffery, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ASIA; BIJNOR; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; WORLD;

EID: 11844278334     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2004.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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