• DOI:10.1177/0038022920050202
Corpus ID: 157014751

Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal

@article{Nandi2005CommunismTT,
  title={Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal},
  author={P. Nandi},
  journal={Sociological Bulletin},
  year={2005},
  volume={54},
  pages={171 - 194}
}

• P. Nandi
• Published 2005
• Economics
• Sociological Bulletin

Even though communists have been on the run in much of the world lately, they have been in power in West Bengal for more than a quarter century now. Headed by the Communist Party on India (Marxist), a coalition of left-wing parties has been ruling the state without interruption since 1977. Although the government scored major successes in agriculture and rural development, its pro-labour and anti-industry policies let to flight of industries to other states. Itseconomy under heavy strain… Expand