Ground Down by Growth, livre ebook

Why has India’s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India’s ‘untouchables' and ‘tribals' fit into the global economy. India’s Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain amongst the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists, Ground Down by Growth reveals the impact of global capitalism on their lives. It shows how capitalism entrenches, rather than erases, social difference and has transformed traditional forms of identity-based discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression. Through studies of the working poor, migrant labour and the conjugated oppression of caste, tribe, region, gender and class relations, the social inequalities generated by capitalism are exposed.List of IllustrationsSeries PrefacePreface by Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche1. Tribe, Caste and Class - New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche2. Macro-economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India - K.P. Kannan 3. Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala - Jayaseelan Raj4. Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu - Brendan Donegan5. Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana - Dalel Benbabaali6. Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh - Richard Axelby7. Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra - Vikramaditya Thakur8. The Struggles Ahead - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche Appendix: Tables and FiguresNotesBibliography AcknowledgementsIndex