Caste of Merit - Engineering Education in India

Just as Americans least disadvantaged by racism are most likely to call their country post¿racial, Indians who have benefited from upper-caste affiliation rush to declare their country a post¿caste meritocracy. Ajantha Subramanian challenges this belief, showing how the ideal of meritocracy serves the reproduction of inequality in Indian education.

A propos de l'auteur

Ajantha Subramanian is an anthropologist who specializes in social stratification, political economy, and citizenship. She is Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Harvard University and the author of Shorelines: Space and Rights in South India.

Résumé

Just as Americans least disadvantaged by racism are most likely to call their country post-racial, Indians who have benefited from upper-caste affiliation rush to declare their country a post-caste meritocracy. Ajantha Subramanian challenges this belief, showing how the ideal of meritocracy serves the reproduction of inequality in Indian education.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ajantha Subramanian
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780674987883
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98788-3
• Pages: 384
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Enseignement; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; HISTORY / Asia / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Educational strategies & policy, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Educational strategies and policy, Privilege