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020			_a9780199488179
082			_a324.63 NAR
100			_aNarayan, S.
245		0	_aDravidian years: politics and welfare in Tamil Nadu
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bOxford University Press
260			_c2018
300			_axxiii, 262 p.
520			_aFrom Haryana to Gujarat to Maharashtra, numerous Indian states have been witness to protests by backward classes pressing for quotas and reservations. In stark contrast is the exemplary case of Tamil Nadu, which has managed to effectively integrate economic and development agenda for the backward classes into state policy. In the fifty years of rule between them, M. Karunanidhi, MGR and J. Jayalalithaa the iconic leaders of Tamil Nadu politics managed to effectively transform institutions and structures to deliver a social welfare agenda in the state. Was it pure charisma on part of these leaders that gave us the unusual story of politicians and bureaucrats working hand in hand to implement a social agenda? Written by S. Narayan, who as part of the administration was both a witness to and a participant in these developments, this book is an intimate narrative on the Dravidian years of Tamil Nadu. At an important juncture of Tamil Nadu politics, it also makes us wonder: With no charismatic leader in the horizon, who can take the state forward?
650			_aWelfare
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