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This book draws upon nearly seven decades of first-hand experiences
from the ground to understand social exclusion, and movements and
efforts for social justice in India. The author, a renowned
champion of social justice for deprived social classes, delves into
the roots of discrimination in Indian society as well as explains
why caste discrimination still persists and how it can be
effectively countered. The volume: examines the caste system and
its socio-economic ramifications from the perspective of Dalits,
and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes; explores the
nuances of the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate on the status and liberation
of Dalits and synthesis of the approaches of Gandhi, Ambedkar,
Narayana Guru and Marx in resolving certain key issues; analyses
legal, economic, social and cultural frameworks to understand caste
system and related concepts such as 'untouchability', atrocities,
reservation, etc. in contemporary India; and provides practical
insights into the Constitution-based comprehensive measures
required to remedy the consequences of caste system and establish
social equality in a holistic manner. The book will interest
scholars and researchers of social exclusion and social justice,
Dalit, Adivasi and Backward Classes studies, sociology and social
anthropology, politics, law and human rights, as well as
policy-makers, think tanks and NGOs in the field.
This book draws upon nearly seven decades of first-hand experiences
from the ground to understand social exclusion, and movements and
efforts for social justice in India. The author, a renowned
champion of social justice for deprived social classes, delves into
the roots of discrimination in Indian society as well as explains
why caste discrimination still persists and how it can be
effectively countered. The volume: examines the caste system and
its socio-economic ramifications from the perspective of Dalits,
and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes; explores the
nuances of the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate on the status and liberation
of Dalits and synthesis of the approaches of Gandhi, Ambedkar,
Narayana Guru and Marx in resolving certain key issues; analyses
legal, economic, social and cultural frameworks to understand caste
system and related concepts such as 'untouchability', atrocities,
reservation, etc. in contemporary India; and provides practical
insights into the Constitution-based comprehensive measures
required to remedy the consequences of caste system and establish
social equality in a holistic manner. The book will interest
scholars and researchers of social exclusion and social justice,
Dalit, Adivasi and Backward Classes studies, sociology and social
anthropology, politics, law and human rights, as well as
policy-makers, think tanks and NGOs in the field.
Since the Global Financial Crisis, the structure of financial
markets has undergone a dramatic shift. Modern markets have been
"zombified" by a combination of Central Bank policy,
disintermediation of commercial banks through regulation, and the
growth of passive products such as ETFs. Increasingly, risk builds
up beneath the surface, through a combination of excessive leverage
and crowded exposure to specific asset classes and strategies. In
many cases, historical volatility understates prospective risk.
This book provides a practical and wide ranging framework for
dealing with the credit, positioning and liquidity risk that
investors face in the modern age. The authors introduce concrete
techniques for adjusting traditional risk measures such as
volatility during this era of unprecedented balance sheet
expansion. When certain agents in the financial network behave
differently or in larger scale than they have in the past,
traditional portfolio theory breaks down. It can no longer account
for toxic feedback effects within the network. Our feedback-based
risk adjustments allow investors to size their positions sensibly
in dangerous set ups, where volatility is not providing an accurate
barometer of true risk. The authors have drawn from the fields of
statistical physics and game theory to simplify and quantify the
impact of very large agents on the distribution of forward returns,
and to offer techniques for dealing with situations where markets
are structurally risky yet realized volatility is low. The concepts
discussed here should be of practical interest to portfolio
managers, asset allocators, and risk professionals, as well as of
academic interest to scholars and theorists.
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