TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lakshman,Narayan
TI  - Patrons of the poor: caste politics and policymaking in India 
SN  - 9780199081288 (ebook) :
AV  - DS422.C3 L34 2011
U1  - 362.5095482 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Government policy
KW  - India
KW  - Tamil Nadu
KW  - Karnataka
KW  - Caste
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198069980.001.0001
ER  -