Political Culture and Leadership in India: A Study of West Bengal

agreement with party assessment of followers Assessment of Gains Assessment of Leaders belief Bengal political leadership Bengal Renaissance bhadralok Brahmin Calcutta CL NCL CL class-background Communist leaders Communist Party Communist respondents Communist set Congress CPI(M dominant attitude economic power elite emerge entry into politics existence of party factor analysis faith in followers faith in party family position gains in terms image of party impartiality income Increased Same Decreased independent variables India Jugantar Kayastha leaders of West leadership in West loading on factor munist leaders NCL CL NCL non-Com non-Communist leaders non-Communist set party ideology party leadership party oligarchy party policy percent percentages of respondents political age political culture prevalent attitude psychological variable recruitment factor role sets of leaders sharing the prevalent social background variables social participation social power Sometimes Never Special Association Swami Vivekananda Table terms of economic terms of family terms of social tion Weiner West Bengal political