Ground Down by Growth: Tribe, Caste, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India

by Alpa Shah, Richard Axelby, Jens Lerche, et al.

Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Traveling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's "untouchables" and "tribals" fit into the global economy.
India's Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain among the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745337686
• ISBN13: 9780745337685
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"