Crisis in governance : military rule in Bangladesh during 2007-2008 / Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military government--Bangladesh.

Military government.

Democracy--Bangladesh.

Democracy.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This book provides an academic view of political developments in Bangladesh with reference to authoritarianism and military intervention, and brings insights from unique personal experience of governance. It addresses Bangladesh's democratic development, governance, and political conditions prior to the Caretaker Government (CTG) takeover in 2006, as well the background of the 2007 military intervention.Political science and International Relations students, especially at postgraduate level, as well as sociology researchers and those involved in politics as agents of change, will find previously unrecorded facts revealing the causes of military intervention in Bangladesh during 2007, when the UN peacekeeping force added new facets, different from earlier examples of military intervention.The author has had unique access to confidential documents and reviews the laws and constitution of Bangladesh, ordinances, orders, reports, newspaper articles and columns, research articles and television talk-shows. As such, the book recounts the 2007-08 activities of the military-backed government and the efforts of foreign powers, including the ambiguous role of the US both for and against military intervention, and compares the evidence with analyses of related literature, the opinion of experts and the author's own experience of governance.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Abstract

Foreword by Justice Mohammed Abdur Rouf

Foreword by Dr Charles Che Fonchingong

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One

1.0 Introduction

Part 1

1.1 Legacies of external intervention

1.2 The British legacy

1.2.1 Positive aspects

1.2.2 Negative aspects

1.3 Pakistan's legacy

1.3.1 Positive aspects

1.3.2 Negative aspects

1.4 The War of Secession

1.4.1 Positive aspects

1.4.2 Negative aspects

Part 2

1.5 HI

1.6 Chapter Conclusion

Chapter Two

2.0 Introduction

2.1 Theoretical perspective

2.2 Democracy in Bangladesh

2.3 A democratic upheaval after independence

2.4 The restoration of democracy in 1991

2.4.1 The way Bangladeshi Administration needs reform

2.5 Crisis of governance

Part 3

2.6 Historical Institutionalism, critical juncture, and path dependency

2.6.1 Historical Institutionalism in Bangladesh

2.6.2 Historical legacy

Part 4

2.7 Obstacles to democratic consolidation

2.7.1 Authoritarian governance

2.7.2 Crisis of identity

2.7.3 The issue of national unity

2.7.4 Political enmity and division

2.7.5 State-orchestrated violence

2.7.6 Corruption

2.7.7 Politicization of the administration

2.7.8 Politically biased judiciary

2.7.9 Ineffective parliament

2.7.10 Practice of different governing systems

2.7.11 The idea of a CTG

2.7.12 Demand, establishment, and abolition of the CTG

2.7.13 External factors

2.7.14 Military intervention

2.8 Chapter Conclusion

Chapter Three

3.0 Introduction

3.1 A much talked-of trump card in politics

3.2 The Hawa Bhaban issue

3.3 The author's appointment

3.4 Raising the retirement age of judges

3.5 Claims and counter-claims in the formation of alliances.

3.6 The ambition of some government officials

3.7 President's 23 days coma following a heart attack

3.8 The tug of war between NSI and DGFI, two intelligence agencies

3.9 Aminul Karim's "military kayda"

3.10 Political fragmentation

3.11 Onset of political discord

3.12 Logi-boitha (Paddle-sticks)

3.13 Fall-out of two-third majority

3.14 State of the army on the eve of takeover by the CTG

3.15 A state of emergency about to be declared on 29 October 2006

3.16 Five options for appointing the Chief Adviser were exhausted

3.17 Reasons for political confrontation

3.18 Army Chief General Moeen's plan

3.19 Reform in administration and unity in the army

3.20 The author's position for democracy

3.21 Chapter Conclusion

Chapter Four

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Theory related to military intervention

4.2 All parties' participation in the planned elections of 22 January 2007

4.3 The role of the army

4.4 The role of civil society

4.5 The role of the media

4.6 The role of businessmen

4.7 The role of foreign diplomats

4.8 Media and rumour mongering

4.9 The media discover the "third force"

4.10 The last trump card

4.11 The Special Security Force and the PGR on "1/11"

4.12 "1/11" and the planned martial law

4.13 On 11 January

4.14 A self-promotion

4.15 Synopsis

4.16 Chapter Conclusion

Conclusion

Further Research

Postscript

References

Further reading

Other books by the author

The author as publisher

The author as reviewer

Appendices.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-4393-5

OCLC:

1183030383