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  1. Studies in Comparative International Development
  2. Studies in Comparative International Development : Volume 51
  3. Studies in Comparative International Development : Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2016
  4. Crossing Caste Boundaries in the Modern Indian Marriage Market
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Studies in Comparative International Development : Volume 52
Studies in Comparative International Development : Volume 51
Studies in Comparative International Development : Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2016
Studies in Comparative International Development : Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2016
Co-optation & Clientelism: Nested Distributive Politics in China’s Single-Party Dictatorship
Lustration Matters: a Radical Approach to the Problem of Corruption
The Politics of Urban Bias: Rural Threats and the Dual Dilemma of Political Survival
Social Movements and Social Policy: the Bolivian Renta Dignidad
The Right to Health: Institutional Effects of Constitutional Provisions on Health Outcomes
Crossing Caste Boundaries in the Modern Indian Marriage Market
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Crossing Caste Boundaries in the Modern Indian Marriage Market

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Author Ahuja, Amit Ostermann, Susan L.
Copyright Year 2015
Abstract Though caste remains a major social cleavage and a source of social exclusion in India, three factors now rise against it: a diversifying middle class, urbanization, and a demographic youth bulge. While conventional wisdom suggests that Indians marry within their own caste, we find that in the urban, middle-class marriage market, which increasingly includes members of lower castes, openness to intercaste marriage is substantial and varies within and across groups. Why are some more open to intercaste marriage? Drawing on a semi-experimental study of 1070 marriage market participants belonging to both Scheduled and upper castes, we argue that interest in intercaste marriage is rooted in a desire for upward mobility and governed by the principle of exchange. Those who can benefit from an exchange and who have high class or caste status to offer are more likely to express an interest in intermarriage. Among Scheduled Caste individuals, interest in intermarriage increases with income, while among upper caste individuals the opposite is true. We also find that the Scheduled Caste groups in our study are more interested in intermarriage than the upper caste ones. Increasing openness to intermarriage – particularly when upper castes are willing to marry lower (backward and Scheduled) castes – is a sign of social inclusion in urban India.
Starting Page 365
Ending Page 387
Page Count 23
File Format PDF
ISSN 00393606
Journal Studies in Comparative International Development
Volume Number 51
Issue Number 3
e-ISSN 19366167
Language English
Publisher Springer US
Publisher Date 2015-05-08
Publisher Place New York
Access Restriction One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword Caste boundaries Intermarriage Upward mobility Status exchange Urban, middle-class India Social Sciences
Content Type Text
Resource Type Article
Subject Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations Development
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