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Politics and Governance in Bangladesh: Uncertain Landscapes book cover

1st Edition

Politics and Governance in Bangladesh Uncertain Landscapes

Edited By Ipshita Basu, Joe Devine, Geof Wood Copyright 2018
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Since its Independence in 1971, Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in terms of reducing poverty levels, achieving high levels of economic growth over a sustained period of time, and meeting its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets set by the United Nations. With some justification, Bangladesh is considered an international development success story, and the country appears to be well... Read more

Introduction: Contesting political space: Who governs in Bangladesh, Ipshita Basu, Joe Devine and Geof Wood



Part I: Political Settlement





1. Party dysfunction and homeostatis in Bangladesh: The old disorder restored (or not), Harry Blair



Part II: Elites and Deep Structures





2. Where are the drivers of governance reform?, Pierre Landell-Mills



Part III: Democracy, Citizenship and Values





3. Citizen-centred governance: Lessons from high performing Asian economies for Bangladesh, Habibul Haque Khondker



4. Governance, rights and the demand for democracy: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ipshita Basu, Graham K. Brown and Joe Devine



Part IV: Civil Society, Local Context and Political Change





5. Deconstructing the natural state? Is there room for de Tocqueville or only Gramsci in Bangladesh, Geof Wood



6. When things go wrong in NGOs: What can be learned from cases of organisational breakdown and ‘failure’?, David Lewis



Part V: Informality and Accountability





7. The significance of unruly politics in Bangladesh, Naomi Hossain



8. Governance challenges in Bangladesh: Old wine in not so new bottles?, Joe Devine, Ipshita Basu and Geof Wood

Biography

Ipshita Basu is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK.



Joe Devine is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK.



Geof Wood is Emeritus Professor of International Development and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath, UK.

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