Fifty years of Bangladesh : economy, politics, society and culture / edited by Rounaq Jahan and Rehman Sobhan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jahan, Rounaq, editor, author.

Sobhan, Rehman, editor, author.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 157.

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 157

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bangladesh--History.

Bangladesh.

Bangladesh--Economic conditions.

Bangladesh--Politics and government--1971-.

Bangladesh--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 292 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

50 years of Bangladesh

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Rounaq Jahan, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh was a Professor of Political Science, Dhaka University; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University and a Research Fellow at Harvard, Chicago and Boston Universities. She headed the women's programmes at UNAPDC, Malaysia and the ILO, Geneva. Her publications include Pakistan: Failure in National Integration (1972), Bangladesh Politics: Problems and Issues (1980, 2005), The Elusive Agenda: Mainstreaming Women in Development (1995), Political Parties in Bangladesh: Challenges of Democratization (2015). She serves on the boards of several national and international organisations. Rehman Sobhan, a recipient of Shadhinata Puraskar, Bangladesh's highest civilian award, is founder and chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). He served as a member of the first caretaker government in Bangladesh in 1991 and a member, Bangladesh Planning Commission 1972-75. He was a Professor, Economics Department, Dhaka University, and Director General, BIDS, Bangladesh. He was actively associated with the Bengali nationalist movement during the 1960s and the Bangladesh liberation struggle in 1971. His publications include Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia (2010), Untranquil Recollections: The Years of Fulfilment (2015) and Untranquil Recollections: Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh (2021).

Contents:

Transformation, contestation and challenges in Bangladesh / Rounaq Jahan and Rehman Sobhan

Policy actions, market responses and economic growth in Bangladesh / Syed Akhtar Mahmood

Bangladesh in dual transition: attendant challenges and the next steps / Mustafizur Rahman

Institutional challenges in Bangladesh's economic transformation / Selim Raihan

Fifty years of development experience of Bangladesh: an employment and labour perspective / Rizwanul Islam

Inequality and human development: the Bangladesh perspective / M.M. Akash

Bangladesh between world system and green growth: past trends, future trajectories / Iftekhar Iqbal

Fifty years of human development in Bangladesh: achievements and challenges / Selim Jahan

Contentious empowerment? women, development and change in Bangladesh / Sohela Nazneen

Shahbagh, Shapla Chottor and Bangladesh's meandering, contending mindscapes / Fakrul Alam

Building Bangladesh: critical orientations in architecture / Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

The changing faces of culture: notes from a time of crisis / Syed Manzoorul Islam

Evolution of state-society relations in Bangladesh over the last five decades: an analytical narrative / Mirza Hassan

Islamist politics in Bangladesh: the nature, scope, and the pathway / Ali Riaz

State-making, violence, and political muscle: Bangladesh as a polycratic state / Arild Engelsen Ruud

Democratising the 'middle-income' dream: the coming challenge for Bangladesh at 50 / Hossain Zillur Rahman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Fifty years of Bangladesh

ISBN:

9781003411260

1003411266

9781000998610

1000998614

9781000998641

1000998649

Publisher Number:

99995916898

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.