Affirmative action in India: Before and after the neo-liberal turn

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-133

  Jayal, Niraja Gopal ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Dalit entrepreneurship; India; neo liberalism; quotas

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC REFORM; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY; PUBLIC SECTOR;

INDIA;

EID: 84924857003     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374014564652     Document Type: Article

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