The 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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Subramanian, Ajantha, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2019
Temas:
Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai, India)
Caste > India.
Caste-based discrimination > India.
Discrimination in education > India.
Educational equalization > India.
Castes > Inde.
Discrimination fondée sur la caste > Inde.
Discrimination en éducation > Inde.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > Inde.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Caste
Caste-based discrimination
Discrimination in education
Educational equalization
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The colonial career of technical knowledge
  • Building the IITs
  • Challenging hierarchies of value in Madras
  • IIT Madras's 1960s generation
  • Testing merit
  • Contesting reservations
  • Brand IIT

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