Marilyn Fernandez

Gebundenes Buch

The New Frontier

Merit vs. Caste in the Indian It Sector

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Marilyn Fernandez is professor of Sociology at Santa Clara University in California, USA. Her research interests include diversity, inequality, and organizational change. She is a former Vice President of the Pacific Sociological Association and former Co-editor of the journal Sociological Perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199479498
• ISBN-10: 0199479496
• Artikelnr.: 51908054