Patrons of the poor [electronic resource] : caste politics and policymaking in India / Narayan Lakshman. Lakshman, Narayan. Poverty Government policy India Tamil Nadu. Poverty Government policy India Karnataka. Caste India Tamil Nadu. Caste India Karnataka. DS422.C3 L34 2011 362.5095482 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This text is a comparative study of the political economy of pro-poor policies in two Indian states: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. By shedding light on the politics of resource allocation it attempts to show how traditionally rooted state policies benefit only certain sections of the population. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xx, 249 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198069980.001.0001 eng India Tamil Nadu. India Karnataka. India Tamil Nadu. India Karnataka.