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Caste
About: Caste is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5681 publications have been published within this topic receiving 91330 citations. The topic is also known as: caste system.
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TL;DR: This paper found that never-married women's preference for sons is strongly influenced by the financial worth of children, whereas never-married men's preference was mainly influenced by non-financial reasons, including their perception of women, their religion and their caste.
Abstract: New sex-selective abortion technologies allow parents-to-be to implement their preference for sons more easily than in the past. With an unmet demand for sons in India, a better understanding of what leads respondents to prefer sons is important from a policy perspective. Stated son preference has seldom been studied in the past. Using data from NFHS3, I conclude that never-married women's preference for sons is strongly influenced by the financial worth of children, whereas never-married men's preference for sons is mainly influenced by non-financial reasons, including their perception of women, their religion and their caste.
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01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analytical overview of the complexities of systematic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of 500 DalIT women's narratives across 4 states in India.
Abstract: This study presents an analytical overview of the complexities of systematic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of 500 Dalit women's narratives across 4 states.
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TL;DR: The Bahujan Samaj Party represents a significant social and political movement of some Dalit groups but it has failed to secure the support of the wider population of the rural poor as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the last decade the Bahaujan Samaj Party has established a strong electoral presence in northern India. It has been particularly successful in Uttar Pradesh where it has participated in government three times in the 1990s. Although the party seeks to mobilise the support of the ‘bahujan’ — the non‐high caste majority of the population — it is argued here, on the basis of aggregate and survey analysis, that it has been constrained by its excessive reliance on just some sections of former untouchables (Dalits). The Bahujan Samaj Party represents a significant social and political movement of some Dalit groups but it has failed to secure the support of the wider population of the rural poor.
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01 Jan 1980TL;DR: In this article, an Argument for Eclecticism Intimations of Caste Divine Plan or Racial Antipathy? The 'Occupation' Hypothesis & Some Other Dubious Proposals The Units of the Caste System The Economy of Cro Cro Cro Caste From Clan to Caste The Emergence of the Cro CroCaste System in South Asia
Abstract: Preface Introduction, 1993 An Argument for Eclecticism Intimations of Caste Divine Plan or Racial Antipathy? The 'Occupation' Hypothesis & Some Other Dubious Proposals The Units of the Caste System The Economy of Caste From Clan to Caste The Emergence of the Caste System in South Asia Conclusions & Final Thoughts Bibliography Index.
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