Alpa Shah is Associate Professor (Reader) in Anthropology at LSEJens Lerche is Reader in Labour and Agrarian Studies at SOASichard Axelby is a Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at SOASDalel Benbabaali is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Area Studies at the University of OxfordBrendan Donegan is a Visiting Fellow in Anthropology at LSEJayaseelan Raj is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Development Studies in KeralaVikramaditya Thakur is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Delaware.
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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 theglobal economy. India's Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globeand yet they remain amongst the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists, 'Ground Down by Growth'
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