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  2. Caste - Wikipedia

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    A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (endogamy), follow lifestyles often linked to a particular occupation, hold a ritual status observed within a hierarchy ...

  3. Caste discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Discrimination. Caste discrimination in the United States is a form of discrimination based on the social hierarchy which is determined by a person's birth. [1] Though the use of the term caste is more prevalent in South Asia and Bali, in the United States, Indian Americans also use the term caste. [2][3]

  4. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    His writings, and speeches during such tours, discussed the discriminated-against castes of India. The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially ...

  5. Caste politics - Wikipedia

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    Caste politics. A diagram depicting the structure of varnas in India. See more at Caste system in India. In India, a caste although it's a western stratification arrived from Portuguese word Casta and Latin word castus ,is a (usually endogamous) social group where membership is decided by birth. [1] Broadly, Indian castes are divided into the ...

  6. Economic history - Wikipedia

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    e. Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and institutions. The field can encompass a wide variety of ...

  7. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    The Scheduled Castes[1] and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. [2] The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. [3]: 3 For much of the period of British rule in the Indian ...

  8. Human capital - Wikipedia

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    Economics. Human capital or human assets is a concept used by economists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process. It encompasses employee knowledge, skills, know-how, good health, and education. [1] Human capital has a substantial impact on individual earnings. [2]

  9. Social structure of China - Wikipedia

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    The social structure of China has an expansive history which begins from the feudal society of Imperial China to the contemporary era. [1] There was a Chinese nobility, beginning with the Zhou dynasty. However, after the Song dynasty, the powerful government offices were not hereditary. Instead, they were selected through the imperial ...