TY - BOOK AU - Narendra Subramanian TI - Ethnicity and populist mobilization : political parties, citizens, and democracy in South India SN - 978019565239 U1 - 320.95482 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - OUP KW - Race relations KW - Social conflict KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Ethnicity KW - India N2 - This book examines how the interactions of party and society continually reshape ethnic identities and redirect ethnic politics. It is the first comprehensive study in two decades which explores the activities of the Dravidian parties of South India. The author traces the shift of the Dravidian parties through the course of the century from an emphasis on heresy to the promotion of tolerance. The book uses methods drawn from political science, sociology and historical anthropology ER -