The New Frontier: Merit Vs. Caste in the Indian IT Sector
- ISBN-10
- 0199479496
- ISBN-13
- 9780199479498
- Category
- Caste
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Marilyn Fernandez
Description
This book addresses pertinent issues around the role and status of caste in the new private occupational IT sector that boasts of merit as the ultimate equalizer. The author finds that in spite of the narrative of equality and justice, caste and gender status continues to influence access to IT education and in the new IT occupations in India.
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