'Paying back to society': Upward social mobility among Dalits

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-441

  Naudet, Jules ^a,b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b a Network of Research Units of the National Centre for Scientific Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CASTE SYSTEM; CLASS; MOBILITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 61349198312     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670804200304     Document Type: Article

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