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100			_aBardhan, Pranab et al
245			_aChanging voting patterns in rural West Bengal : role of clientelism and local public goods
260			_c2014
300			_ap.54-62.
362			_a15 Mar
520			_aThis paper uses two successive rounds of voter surveys in rural West Bengal in a household panel to find reasons for the recent decline in the Left Front's political popularity. It does not find evidence of any significant role of changes in voter age distribution, media exposure, private benefits received from development and welfare programmes administered by local governments, or the vote-generating effectiveness of such programmes. A more important role was played by voter dissatisfaction with local leaders on corruption and lack of involvement in the provision of education services, and with non-local leaders on attitudes towards women, the poor, and local communities. - Reproduced.
650			_aElections
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
908			_aN
909			_a103505
999			_c103501 _d103501