4. The Dravida Kazhagam, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and Radical Politics in a Changing Political Arena

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Note on Transliteration vi
3. Contents vii
4. List of Tables, Figures, and Map ix
5. Preface xi
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE. Origins of Tamil Nationalism
8. 2. The Justice Party, the Non-Brahmin Movement, and Early Conceptions of Dravidian-ness 15
9. 3. Developing the Politics of Radical Social Reform 32
10. 4. The Dravida Kazhagam, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and Radical Politics in a Changing Political Arena 56
11. PART TWO. The Politics of Emergent Nationalism
12. 5. The DMK and Emergent Cultural Nationalism 89
13. 6. Politics of the Loyal Opposition 118
14. PART THREE. Elites, Masses, and Cultural Nationalism
15. 7. Tamil Nationalism and the Political Culture of the Tamil Nadu "Common Man" 161
16. 8. DMK Political Leadership: the Men behind Tamil Nationalism 187
17. PART FOUR. Cultural Nationalism and Public Policy
18. 9. The DMK in Power: Contradictions of Cultural Nationalism in the Annadurai Era 239
19. 10. The DMK in Power: Contradictions of Cultural Nationalism in the Karunanidhi Era 282
20. 11. Conclusion 314
21. Appendix A. Communal Representation of Gazetted and Non- Gazetted Officers in Province of Madras 330
22. Appendix B. Method for Sampling Party Leaders 332
23. Appendix C. DMK Organization 337
24. Appendix D. Questionnaire for Neighborhood Survey 338
25. Bibliography 345
26. Index 359