“They Should Stand on Their Own Feet”: Mothers’ Accounts of Education, School Choice and Their Children’s Uncertain Futures in Varanasi, India

The heavily privatized and socially stratified schooling system in Uttar Pradesh, India offers low income children limited opportunities for social mobility via education. In that context, this thesis presents the results of interviews with low-income mothers in the city of Varanasi, gathering thei...

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Main Author: Antze, Emily
Other Authors: Mundy, Karen
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/30069