01278    a2200145   4500020001800000082002000018100001600038245005800054260004500112300001500157504002600172520070700198650014800905650007901053  a9780199488179  a954.8204bNAR-D  aNarayan, S.  aDravidian yearsb: politics and welfare in Tamil Nadu  bOxford University Pressc2018aNew Delhi  aix, 262p.   aInclude Bibliography
  aAmong all Indian states, economic and social development in Tamil Nadu has been uniquely characterized by the political ideologies of the Dravidian parties that have ruled the state from 1967. Starting from a platform of social reform and social justice, the parties have effectively transformed institutions and structures in the state to deliver a social welfare agenda, with the full support of the bureaucracy. The book chronicles the history of the social reform movement, and how these ideas were implemented in policy and through programmes to bring about fundamental changes in institutions of governance and delivery of welfare. Case studies of selected programmes illustrate this development.  aPolitics and government		vRamaccantiran, Em. Ji., 1917-1987vJeyalalitā, 1948-2016vKaruṇaniti, Kalainar Mu., 1924-2018zTamil NaduzIndia  aPolitical parties	vSocial conditionsvSocial movementszTamil NaduzIndia