Ground Down by Growth - Tribe, Caste, Class and Inequality in Twenty - First Century India First Edition(English, Hardcover, Vikramaditya Thakur, Brendan Donegan, Jens Lerche, Richard Axelby, Alpa Shah, Dalel Benbabaali, Jayaseelan Raj)
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Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's 'untouchables' and 'tribals' fit into the global economy. Ground Down by Growth reveals the impact of global capitalism on their lives. It shows how capitalism entrenches, rather than erases, social difference and has transformed traditional forms of identity-based discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression. About the Author Alpa Shah is Associate Professor in Anthropology at LSE, UK. Jens Lerche is Reader in Labour and Agrarian Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK. Richard Axelby is a Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS. Dalel Benbabaali is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Area Studies at the University of Oxford, UK. Brendan Donegan is a Visiting Fellow in Anthropology at LSE. Jayaseelan Raj is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Development Studies in Kerala, India. Vikramaditya Thakur is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Delaware, USA.
