Populist Politics and Electoral Democracy: A Study of Mamata Banerjee
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2014-03
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Journal of Political Studies
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Chakrabarti, Dyutish
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University of North Bengal
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Howladar, S. (2014). Populist Politics and Electoral Democracy: A Study of Mamata Banerjee. Journal of Political Studies, 9, 91–101. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3720
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Howladar, Sumit
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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.
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9
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2278-4039
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91 - 101