This work is an important addition in the ever increasing literature on state politics in India. Looking at Indian polity is not a new phenomenon in Indian Politics. Yet, uniqueness prevails in each and every aspect of state politics. States (provinces) are by themselves distinct entities in the political process of the nation. Tamilnadu is in many respects a unique trendsetter. Tamil polity has been under the constant influence of the ethnic forces, secular forces and communal forces commonly categorized under pressure group and interest group. This study traces the administrative ethos of the province under the backdrop of colonial administration. Analysis has been made on the rise and fall of communist forces and the dimensions of ethnic forces. By evolving a specific scale political performance of the party in power has been analysed. Equal attention has been given to the analysis of the local self government. Development Administration, micro level planning and the emergence of Panchayati Raj Institutions have been evaluated in the context of the new constitutional amendments and introduction of new policy initiatives. This work fulfils what the earlier works on Tamil polity have left unexplained.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G Palanithurai
G. Palanithurai teaches Political Science and Development Administration at the Post-Graduate level in Rural University, Gandhigram. Tamil Nadu, Currently he is the chairman of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He has a number of books to his credit. Some of the important titles include Reaction and Response in Legislature, Role Perception of Legislators, A Comparative Analysis of Political Performance of DMK and AIADMK, Perspectives on Indian Regionalism,Ethnic Movement in India: Theory and Practice, Dynamics of Tamil Nadu Politics in Sri Lankan Ethnicity, Indian Polity: Myth and Reality and Management of ethnic Conflict in India and Canada He has written extensively in national and international Journals on Legislative Behaviour and Ethnicity. He has completed a major research project funded by ICSSR besides other minor projects. He was awarded Shastri Indo Canadian Institute fellowship to visit Canada and the US to write a book on Ethnic Conflict Management in Canada and India. He has undertaken major project entitled, Strategies to stimulate upward Social Mobility, with The Mother's Service Society, Pondicherry. He is actively involved in the thinktank group in Tamil Nadu to prepare an Agenda for 21st Century, Tamil Nadu. He is a life member of various professional associations.
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