West Bengal under the Left 1977-2011

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Contents
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
I: Politics and Parties
	2 The Left Front in West Bengal: From Movement to Government
	3 The Left Extremist Politics in West Bengal: from Birth to Resurrection and Beyond
	4 The Left Front and The Politics of Regionalism in West Bengal
II: Politics and Policies
	5 Governing Urban West Bengal: The Left Front Experiment
	6 Industry in West Bengal during the Left Front Regime
	7 Agriculture under the Left Front Regime in West Bengal
	8 Lost Decades? Human Development in West Bengal with Special Focus on Health
	9 Elementary Education in West Bengal: Issues in Governance and Political Economy
III: Politics and Society
	10 The Caste Question and Decline of The Left in West Bengal
	11 Muslims, Christians and The Left in Bengal
	12 Women/Community and Politics in West Bengal
	13 Ganashakti 'The enormous pair of bellows': Tracing the History of the Party Organ
	14 Civil Social Initiatives in West Bengal
15 Epilogue
Index