Government as practice :
Government as practice : democratic left in a transforming India / Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya. - New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2015. - xx, 273 pages ; 24 cm. - South Asia in the Social Sciences . - South Asia in the social sciences .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface --
abbreviations --
1. Inception: Government as practice --
2. Consolidation: land reforms --
3. Agency: school teachers --
4. Machinery: party society --
5. Implosion: Singur, Nandigram --
Appendix I. The Left through elections --
Appendix II. Local governance and electability --
Bibliography --
Index.
"Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"--
9781107102262
Right and left (Political science)--India--West Bengal.
Democracy--India--West Bengal.
West Bengal (India)--Politics and government.
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