Ethnicity and populist mobilization : political parties, citizens, and democracy in South India
Material type: TextPublication details: Delhi Oxford University Press 1999Description: xxii, 371 p. mapISBN: 0195652231Subject(s): Ethnicity | Cultural pluralism | Social conflict | Race relationsDDC classification: 320.95482 Summary: Covers Tamil Nadu, India. This book examines how the interactions of parties and society continually reshape ethnic identities and redirect ethnic politics. By exploring the course taken by the Dravidian parties of South India, it shows how citizens and leaders may act to preserve tolerance and democracy amidstconsiderable ethnic mobilization, even if governments are unable or unwilling to do so.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Covers Tamil Nadu, India.
This book examines how the interactions of parties and society continually reshape ethnic identities and redirect ethnic politics. By exploring the course taken by the Dravidian parties of South India, it shows how citizens and leaders may act to preserve tolerance and democracy amidstconsiderable ethnic mobilization, even if governments are unable or unwilling to do so.
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