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chapter 1 Old legacies, new protests: Welfare and left rule in democratic India chapter 2 The social bases of rule and rebellion: Colonial Kerala and Bengal, 1792-1930 chapter 3 State formation and social movements: Colonial Kerala and Bengal compared, 1865-1930 chapter 4 Political practices and left ascendancy in Kerala, 1920-47 chapter 5 Structure, practices and weak left hegemony in Bengal, 1925-47 chapter 6 Insurgent and electoral logics in policy regimes: Kerala and Bengal compared, 1947 to the present.

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West Bengal (India)--Social policy.

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