How can electoral success be sustained by a ‘lagging development’ regime?
Published By: GIPE on eSS | Published Date: May, 04 , 2008Left coalition ruled West Bengal for uninterrupted three decades. The study reveals that despite ruling for such a long period the state still lags behind in eradication of problems like poverty, as compared to other Indian states. This paper seeks a clue to this by comprehensively evaluating West Bengal’s relative performance in demographic and socio-economic transformation. Still the party enjoys a considerable level of support as far as electoral gains are concerned.
Author(s): Arup Maharatna | Posted on: Jun 04, 2008 | Views(2713) | Download (907)