Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan,  1964- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface --<br/>abbreviations --<br/>1. Inception: Government as practice --<br/>2. Consolidation: land reforms --<br/>3. Agency: school teachers --<br/>4. Machinery: party society --<br/>5. Implosion: Singur, Nandigram --<br/>Appendix I. The Left through elections --<br/>Appendix II. Local governance and electability --<br/>Bibliography --<br/>Index. 
<br/><br/> "Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107102262 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Right and left (Political science)--India--West Bengal.<br/>Democracy--India--West Bengal.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West Bengal (India)--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.95414 B469G