Caste as Community? Networks of social affinity in a South Indian village
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Keywords
Social networks; culture; caste; social change; community development; rural India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2009-09-26 (Development)
- NEP-NET-2009-09-26 (Network Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2009-09-26 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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