Development Policy of a Communist Government: West Bengal since 1977

by Ross Mallick

Overview

West Bengal has the longest-ruling democratically elected Communist government in world history. Since 1977 the Left Front has governed a population of 68 million people and has received considerable world-wide attention as a positive example of Third World development and change. In this book, Dr Ross Mallick convincingly challenges this view of the Left Front government, arguing that it has been a failure in terms of redistributive development reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521047852
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/26/2007
Series:	Cambridge South Asian Studies , #54
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures and maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Map of West Bengal; 1. A problematic legacy; 2. Agrarian reform; 3. Poverty alleviation and redistribution programs; 4. Panchayat Raj; 5. State, industry, and labor; 6. End of an illusion; Bibliography; Index.