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The new frontier : merit vs. caste in the Indian IT sector /

Does the burgeoning Indian information technology (IT) sector represent a deviation from the historical arc of caste inequality or has it become yet another site of discrimination? In 'The New Frontier', author Marilyn Fernandez describes how the practice of pure and holistic merit are dee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernandez, Marilyn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Discrimination in employment > India.
Computer industry > India > Employees.
Caste > India.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > Inde.
Informatique > Industrie > Inde > Personnel.
Castes > Inde.
Caste
Computer industry > Employees
Discrimination in employment
India
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Indian Information Technology Sector: The New Caste Inequality Frontier
  • 2. Merit Construction and Caste Loopholes in the Indian IT Social Habitus
  • 3. Merit vs. Caste 'Blood Sport' in the IT Work Arena: Implications for Caste Reproduction
  • 4. Information Technology Education: Prelude to the Caste-Merit `Blood Sport' and Caste Reproduction
  • 5. Merit and Gender Diversity: Lessons about Caste Diversity in Indian IT
  • 6. Indian Information Technology, the New Caste Frontier: Deconstructing Caste Reproduction.