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Globalization And Poverty: Exploring Development Discourse Within Urban Dynamics - The Case Of Colombo And Mumbai, Zohra Helali
Globalization And Poverty: Exploring Development Discourse Within Urban Dynamics - The Case Of Colombo And Mumbai, Zohra Helali
Senior Projects Spring 2024
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
The Untouchability Of Dalits: The Economic And Social Exclusion Of Dalits In The Post-Independence Era, Duhita Das
The Untouchability Of Dalits: The Economic And Social Exclusion Of Dalits In The Post-Independence Era, Duhita Das
Senior Projects Spring 2021
This project examines whether economic development efforts in India were effective in mobilizing Dalits during the post-independence era. Global and national policy continue to fail to recognize the role caste plays in inequality and poverty, further excluding Dalits from gaining freedoms continuously rewarded to higher-castes. By taking a historical approach when examining the caste system and its persistence in economic and social structures in the modern era, there can be a greater understanding of how Dalits remain excluded from major institutions and struggle to mobilize, regardless of the gaining of constitutional rights. From a chronological perspective, this project investigates the …