Bangladesh : politics, economy and civil society
Lewis, David, 1960-2011
Book
This book explains how Bangladesh is becoming of increasing interest to the international community as a portal into some of the key issues of our age, and how the country is emerging as a functioning democracy. Since its hard-won independence from Pakistan, Bangladesh has been ravaged by economic and environmental disasters. Only recently has the country begun to emerge as a fragile, but functioning, parliamentary democracy. The story of Bangladesh, told through the pages of this concise and readable book, is a truly remarkable one. Since its hard-won independence from Pakistan, Bangladesh has been ravaged by economic and environmental disasters. Only recently has the country begun to emerge as a fragile, but functioning, parliamentary democracy. The story of Bangladesh, told through the pages of this concise and readable book, is a truly remarkable one. By delving into its past, and through an analysis of the economic, political and social changes that have taken place over the last twenty years, the book explains how Bangladesh is becoming of increasing interest to the international community as a portal into some of the key issues of our age. In this way the book offers an important corrective to the view of Bangladesh as a failed state.
Main title:
Bangladesh : politics, economy and civil society / David Lewis.
Author:
Imprint:
New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Collation:
xiii, 233 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. A state in the making; 3. Towards Bangladesh: British and Pakistani rule; 4. State, politics and institutions; 5. Non-governmental actors and civil society; 6. Economic development and transformation; 7. Population, natural resources and environment; 8. Conclusion: Bangladesh faces the future.
ISBN:
9780521713771 (pbk)
Dewey class:
954.9205
LC class:
DS395.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
273493