Caste, Economic Inequality, and Climate Justice in India

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9 - Caste, Economic Inequality, and Climate Justice in India

from Part II - Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2021

Dadasaheb Tandale

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Gillian MacNaughton ,

Diane Frey and

Catherine Porter

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Gillian MacNaughton: Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Diane Frey: Affiliation:
San Francisco State University
Catherine Porter: Affiliation:
Lancaster University

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Inequalities exist in various forms in all sectors of our lives, including social, political, economic, gender, racial, caste, language, ability, religion and region. All of them are carefully constructed and systemically practiced through culturally crafted structures of oppression. In neoliberal markets, economic inequalities affect vulnerable communities adversely to the extent of immovable cyclical economic conditions. Economic inequalities are linked to unequal distribution of wealth, income, and pay, but, these variables are not absolute.

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Information: Human Rights and Economic Inequalities , pp. 217 - 244

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