This book documents and analyses the whole process of the third general elections to local bodies in Tamil Nadu. Capturing the political mobilization process of the candidates and the political parties, it examines how women and dalits participated in the election and how they were mobilized. It further visualises the local body elections in comparison with legislative assembly elections, and studies the role of community in the electoral process. The case studies of conducting elections in four Gram Panchayats-Keeripatti, Pappapatti, Nattarmangalam and Kottakatchienthal-also find place in the discussion.

J.C. Aggarwal (b. 1928), former Deputy Director of Education/Executive Director of Delhi Bureau of Textbooks, Delhi Administration has a varied experience in the field of education. He has singly/jointly authored about 130 books on Education, Social Science and Current Problems. In collaboration with S.P. Agrawal, he has written Documentation Encyplopaedia of UNESCO and Education (in two parts), Women's Education in India, National Policy on Education Agenda for India 2001, Indian Writings on Education 1979 to 1986, and Vocational Education in India. His other recent publications include: Yearbook of Indian Education, 1991 : World Overview; Ramamurti Report 1990 on National Policy on Education in India; and Survey of Education Documents in the World Since 1983, etc.