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Disadvantages and Segregation through School Choice

Vol. 56, Issue No. 12, 20 Mar, 2021
Biswajit Kar, Sachidanand Sinha

The manner in which privatisation in elementary education in India changes student composition, which then creates segregation across school types, is analysed. A unique situation where reproduction of the already existing advantage–disadvantage continuum across social groups gets reinforced, children from the historically deprived socio-economic groups are largely confined to public-funded schools.

Socio-spatial Stigma and Segregation

Vol. 53, Issue No. 50, 22 Dec, 2018
Sriti Ganguly

Caste-based spatial segregation, largely assumed to be a characteristic of rural societies, is reproduced in urban spaces as well, and a large population of Dalits continue to inhabit segregated settlements in the metropolitan cities of the country. Fieldwork conducted in one such segregated neighbourhood of Balmikis in central Delhi is drawn upon to explore how they perceive the urban space and how they think they are perceived by others.

Emerging New Social Status among Dalits in Bihar

Vol. 53, Issue No. 11, 17 Mar, 2018
Jitendra Ram

The social status of Dalits in Bihar is undergoing change. A study based in a village and a town in East Champaran district of north Bihar reveals that Dalits are developing social consciousness, adopting Sanskritisation, and accessing constitutional provisions, and socio-religious movements, to change both their caste and class status.

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