Scheduled Castes of Rural India: Problems and Prospects

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Scheduled Castes of Rural India: Problems and Prospects

Author: Victor Sunderaj
Order No. 51047
ISBN: 8176481688
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: APH
Pub Year: 2000
Pages: 228
Language: English

The book presents a profile of the innovative and non-innovative rural Scheduled Castes. The innovative are those who adopt social welfare schemes and move up the socio-economic ladder. The innovative are the high social mobility group. The non-innovative are those who have not adopted (m) any social welfare schemes and, as a result, have stayed at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder. These non-innovative are the low social mobility group. The research concludes that the innovative and non-innovative rural Scheduled Castes have distinct characteristics. The book offers some suggestions to social welfare organizations that are engaged in the promotion of the rural Scheduled Castes.