1st Edition

Dalit Capital State, Markets and Civil Society in Urban India

By Aseem Prakash Copyright 2015
    296 Pages
    by Routledge India

    296 Pages
    by Routledge India

    This book details the discrimination and unfavourable treatment that Dalit entrepreneurs encounter in the functioning of markets in modern India. It refutes the optimistic notion that the process of modernization in India will automatically undermine the significance of social identities.

    1. Introduction 2. Dalits, Theories of Caste and Transformative Recognition and Redistribution 3. Dalit Entrepreneurs in Urban Markets of Middle India 4. Dalit Entrepreneurs and the Role of the State in the Markets 5. Market-based Profit Accumulation and Civil Society 6. Intersectionality, Discrimination and Unfavourable Inclusion 7. Conclusion: Caste and Markets

    Biography

    Aseem Prakash is Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.