Patrons of the poor [electronic resource] : caste politics and policymaking in India / Narayan Lakshman.
Publisher: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xx, 249 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199081288 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Poverty -- Government policy -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Poverty -- Government policy -- India -- Karnataka | Caste -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Caste -- India -- KarnatakaAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780198069980DDC classification: 362.5095482 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text is a comparative study of the political economy of pro-poor policies in two Indian states: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. By shedding light on the politics of resource allocation it attempts to show how traditionally rooted state policies benefit only certain sections of the population.Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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This text is a comparative study of the political economy of pro-poor policies in two Indian states: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. By shedding light on the politics of resource allocation it attempts to show how traditionally rooted state policies benefit only certain sections of the population.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.