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1. Poverty, Ethnicity and Exclusion

Authors : A. S. Bhalla, Dan Luo

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This reviews concepts of ethnicity, religion, caste and social exclusion. It discusses recent literature on country studies and comparative country studies on India and China on poverty, inequality and social exclusion.

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Title: Poverty, Ethnicity and Exclusion
Authors: A. S. Bhalla
Dan Luo
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-53936-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-53937-9

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53937-9_1

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