{"product_id":"neoliberalism-and-the-transforming-left-in-india-1","title":"Neoliberalism and the Transforming Left in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eWest Bengal has often been perceived as somewhat of an aberration in the wider context of a rather chaotic Indian democracy, as the Left Front (spearheaded by the Communist Party of India-Marxist, CPIM) demonstrated a rare instance of political stability, decisively winning seven consecutive democratic elections from 1977 to 2006. Its development record has also been substantial, with a focus on land reforms, the \u003ci\u003epanchayati-raj\u003c\/i\u003e institution, and an agriculture centric development agenda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a reappraisal of the political economic history of the CPIM\/Left Front regime against the backdrop of the Indian reform experience. It examines two distinct areas: the conditions that necessitated the regime to engineer a transition from an erstwhile agricultural-based growth model to a more pro-market economic agenda post-1991, and the political strategy employed to manage such a transition, attract private capital and at the same time sustain the regime’s traditional rhetoric and partisan character. In order to develop a more textured understanding of the recent political developments in West Bengal, the author applies a historically nuanced and inductive political-economic analysis, which draws on published materials, and primary material such as government documents and interviews (with bureaucrats, political activists, members of the intelligentsia and ministers).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA valuable contribution to the ongoing debate in the literature on the drifts underway with the Indian Left and India’s economic transformation post-1990s, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Political Science, Government, Political Economy and South Asian Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243159900504,"sku":"9780367887674","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367887674_2a2cd4bc-4165-4da0-9ddf-b3ed25b82210.jpg?v=1769844645","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/neoliberalism-and-the-transforming-left-in-india-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}