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Patrons of the poor

Lakshman, Narayan.

Patrons of the poor caste politics and policymaking in India / [electronic resource] : Narayan Lakshman. - New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xx, 249 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Poverty--Government policy--India--Tamil Nadu.
Poverty--Government policy--India--Karnataka.
Caste--India--Tamil Nadu.
Caste--India--Karnataka.

DS422.C3 / L34 2011

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