Litigation against Political Organization? The Politics of Dalit Mobilization in Tamil Nadu, India

Development and Change

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1106-1132

  Carswell, Grace ^a   De Neve, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

POA;

EID: 84941104408     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12190     Document Type: Article

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