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
- ISBN10 0195652231
- ISBN13 9780195652239
- Publish Date 9 December 1999 (first published April 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Paperback
- Pages 394
- Language English