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The authors combine a philosophical analysis of the idea of disadvantage with proposals for moving society in the discretion of equality, by 'declustering disadvantage'. The book will help political philosophers, social policy theorists, and practitioners involved in the design and delivery of actual social policy.

It may seem unusual to consider India's disadvantages in software, as so far discussions have focused only on India's advantages in the sector. This is especially so since software is presently held as the engine of growth, not only for the information technology (IT) sector, but also for the Indian economy as a whole. However, a deeper look at the sector gives a different perspective. The very structure of the Indian software industry, focused on low-end services, is disadvantaged in the long run. The indigenous base of the sector is not sufficiently developed to sustain software export. Software exports themselves provide inflated magnitudes, and the major items exported are devoid of future potential. There are also various other disabilities related to areas like quality, manpower, labour cost advantages, infrastructure, research and development (R&D), marketing and finance. An appropriate growth strategy directing change of emphasis to various aspects, as detailed in the article, needs to be adopted to overcome these disadvantages, so that the Indian software industry is kept advantaged in the long run.

1. What is disadvantage in education? -- 2. The quality of existing datasets -- 3. The quality of available evidence -- 4. The role of school intakes -- 5. The role of schools -- 6. The role of teachers -- 7. The wider outcomes of schooling -- 8. Post-school outcomes -- 9. Targeted approaches -- 10. The role of individuals -- 11. The role of 'parents' -- 12. The way forward in overcoming educational disadvantage.

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) were analyzed to test two competing hypotheses regarding how poverty affects the relationship between delinquency and educational attainment. The cumulative‐disadvantage perspective argues that poor youth suffer greater consequences for their involvement in delinquency than middle‐ and upper‐class youth in terms of their educational attainment. Contrary to this perspective, the disadvantage‐saturation thesis predicts that delinquency is less con‐sequential for the educational attainment of poor youth than it is for nonpoor youth. Results from ordinary least squares and logistic regression analyses support the latter hypothesis. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.