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020 _a9780198069980
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_b LAK/P
100 1 _aLakshman,Narayan.
245 1 0 _aPatrons of the poor: caste politics and policymaking in India/
_cNarayan Lakshman.
260 _aNew Delhi, India :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axx, 249 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 _aCaste
_xPolitical aspects
_zIndia.
650 0 _aPolitical planning
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government.
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