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    General Election of 2014 and the Changes in the Indian Party System
    (University of North Bengal, 2015) Dey, Mouli
    General elections in India in present times are fought more on the plank of four Ps where populist policies promises to satisfy the pangs of hunger for comprehensive development and vigorous election campaign by a popular leader raising people’s hopes and aspirations to achieve development for an developing nation. However, survival and continuity of the popular government depends on the symmetry between ‘proclamations’ and ‘performance’. General elections also realign and reconfigure the party system.
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    Populist Politics and Electoral Democracy: A Study of Mamata Banerjee
    (University of North Bengal, 2014-03) Howladar, Sumit
    One crucial factor behind Mamata Banerjee’s enormous success in the landmark 2011 assembly election in West Bengal has undoubtedly been her populist style of functioning. In this paper I examine whether her politics can be labelled as a pathological political phenomenon or as an authentic form of political representation. I try and locate the element of ‘the people’ and see how she maintains a fine balance between the heterogeneous interests surrounding it juxtaposed against legitimacy and accountability. Lastly I analyse the possibility of ushering of certain self-imposed qualifications and limitations within the larger ambit of her populist style of functioning.