Electoral Politics in the Indian States. Edited by Myron Weiner and John Osgood Field. 4 Volumes. - Vol. 1: The Communist Parties of West Bengal. By John Osgood Field and Marcus F. Franda. 1974. Pp. xvii + 158. $9.00. - Vol. 2: Three Disadvantaged Sectors. By Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Padma Desai, John Osgood Field, William L. Richter, and Myron Weiner. 1975. Pp. xxii + 199. $11.00. - Vol. 3: The Impact of Modernization. By John Osgood Field, Fran cine Frankel, Mary F. Katzenstein, and Myron Weiner. 1977. Pp. xx + 193. $13.00.) - Vol. 4: Party Systems and Cleavages. By Marguerite Ross Barnett, Craig Baxter, Paul R. Brass, Robert Hammond, Robert L. HardgraveJr., and Glynn Wood. 1975. Pp. xxiii + 204. $13.00. (Delhi: Manohar Book Service, distributed in the U.S. by South Asia Books.)

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 1141-1142
Author(s):  
Shanto Iyengar
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
Indian States ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Do Party Systems Count?

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep Chhibber ◽  
Irfan Nooruddin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
State Government ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Indian States ◽  
The Impact

Delivery of public goods varies significantly across the Indian states. This article argues that differences in state government expenditures are largely the result of differences in their party systems. Using macroeconomic data from 1967 to 1997 as well as postelection voter surveys, we demonstrate that states with two-party competition provide more public goods than states with multiparty competition, which, we argue, reflects differing mobilization strategies. In two-party systems, political parties require support from many social groups and therefore provide public goods to win elections. In multiparty systems, needing only a plurality of votes to win, parties use club, rather than public, goods to mobilize smaller segments of the population. In stressing the impact of party systems on state government performance in India, this article differs from recent political economy research, which has stressed either the effect of particular political parties or ethnic divisions on government performance and public goods delivery.

Electoral Politics in the Indian States-Volume I: The Communist Parties of West Bengal

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 1732
Author(s):  
Harry W. Blair ◽  
Myron Weiner ◽  
John Osgood Field
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Indian States

scholarly journals Impact of the date of transplanting on population dynamics of the rice sheath mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley (Acari: Tarsonemidae), on the rice cultivar IET-4786 in the Gangetic Plains ofWest Bengal, India*

Zoosymposia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
KRISHNA KARMAKAR ◽  
SALIL K. GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Rice Cultivar ◽  
Mite Population ◽  
Bengal Basin ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Planting Dates ◽  
Indian States ◽  
The Impact

West Bengal is one of the main rice producing Indian states, where about 14 million t are produced in 6.2 million ha. In recent years, the rice sheath mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley, has been one of the most destructive mite pests of this crop in the Bengal Basin, especially in the wet season. It colonizes the leaf sheath, causing chaffy and sterile grains and brownish patches on the affected plant parts.An experiment was conducted to study the impact of five different dates of transplanting (at seven day intervals) of rice cultivar IET-4786 on mite density and crop yield. The study was conducted from July to November 2007 in Kalyani, West Bengal. Rice sheath mite population increased gradually, reaching the maximum level on September 25 on plants of the first three planting dates, and on October 5, on plants of the last two planting dates. The result revealed that peak incidence of mite occurred at the ripening stage of the first three planting dates, but significantly higher number of mite population and damage symptoms in all plants were observed in the last two planting dates, at the panicle emerging to flowering stage. Poor yield was obtained from plants of the last planting date, which could be due to the sheath mite attack.

Political Realignment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Green Parties ◽  
Electoral Change ◽  
Political Realignment ◽  
The Impact

The pace of electoral change is accelerating in contemporary democracies. This study explains why. Green parties, far right parties, and shifting voting patterns reflect deeper processes of electoral realignment. This book tracks the evolution of citizen and party elite opinions on economic and cultural issues from the 1970s to the 2010s—and the impact of these opinions on electoral politics. Economic issues remain important predictors of vote, but are now matched by cultural issues. An unprecedented time series of empirical evidence from Europe and the United States shows how these changes have reshaped party systems, and the policy linkages between voters and parties.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Small Scale Fishers (SSF) Engaged in Floodplain Wetland Fisheries: Evidences from Three States in India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basanta Kumar Das ◽  
Aparna Roy ◽  
Sukanya Som ◽  
Ganesh Chandra ◽  
Suman Kumari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Access ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Floodplain Wetland ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented human health crisis in recent global history with rippling social and economic effects. The outbreak in India has resulted in emergency lockdown in the country for more than two months and that caused decline in the fish catch has severely affected the life and livelihoods of the fishers. The wetlands offers tremendous scope for expanding both culture and capture based fisheries for livelihood security of fishers. They also play a key role in socio-economic development by generating employment and livelihood in the studied regions. In the present study a systematic rapid assessment was conducted to find the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on floodplain wetland fisheries in India to evaluate the impact of lockdown on wetland fisheries production, income and food access. We undertook a rapid telephone survey with 176 wetland fishers in 3 states. Fishers of three Indian States Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam lost 20, 25, and 9 fishing days respectively. Fish harvest during March to May was 32, 44 and 20 percentage lower respectively than the previous year in Bihar, West Bengal and Assam. Fishers of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam lost income of INR 10000/-, 12500/- and 4500/-due to lockdown. Demand supply gap during the lockdown led to the in 20–40 percent increase in farm gate price of fishes at the wetland level. The wetland fisheries potential to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ‘eradication of poverty’; ‘zero hunger’ and ‘good health and well being’ have also been considerably impacted due to this pandemic. The paper discusses several magnitudes of immediate impacts of lockdown on floodplain wetland fishers livelihood, income and food access, highlights issues and suggests strategies, advisories and decisions support to mitigate the impact.

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