17 research outputs found
Book review: Jatin Bala, Trans., Stories of Social Awakening: Reflections of Dalit Refugee Lives of Bengal
Reification of Collective Victimhood: Dalit Narratives, Social Repositioning and Transformation
Tracing the Language of Dalit Feminist Discourse: A Study of the Alternate Modernity in Dalit Women’s Poetry
“Another high-caste woman beyond his reach”: Cast(e)ing the sexual politics of Manu Joseph’s Serious Men
Say Hello to Ambedkar: Understanding Dalit Consciousness through Ajay Navaria’s Hindi Short Fiction
Rising markets and failing health:An inquiry into subaltern health care consumption under neoliberalism
This research highlights some of the fundamental weaknesses in the market-based economic approach for a developing society. This study of health care consumption by subaltern groups in India reveals that consumers believe that greater reliance on a market-based system has contributed to a decline in the state health institutions, proliferation of private clinics, and a close physician-pharmaceutical firm nexus. Accordingly, instead of creating a more efficient system of health care delivery, market forces are instrumental in marginalization of the subaltern sections of the population. Ramifications of these findings include a suggested expansion in quality of life marketing framework to include the concept of consumer empowerment with specific emphases on dimensions of control and exclusion.</p