TY - BOOK AU - Lakshman,Narayan TI - Patrons of the poor: caste politics and policymaking in India SN - 9780198069980 U1 - 320.654 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi, India PB - Oxford University Press KW - Caste KW - Political aspects KW - India KW - Political planning KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index; Introduction : analysing poverty in India -- Preliminary exploration of agenda-setting -- The politics of budget formulation and agenda-setting -- The social origins of political power in Tamil Nadu : towards class-based politics -- The social origins of political power in Karnataka : stable caste and class dominance -- Conclusion : key insights and further research ER -