Overlapping identities under liberalization: Gender and caste in India

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 735-760

  Deshpande, Ashwini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CULTURAL IDENTITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; LANDOWNERSHIP; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447324622     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516763     Document Type: Article

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