Politics and Governance in Bangladesh

Uncertain Landscapes
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-70761-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics

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 on track to meet its policy target of becoming a middle-income country by 2021, the same year the country will celebrate 50 years of Independence.

This book explores the central issue of Bangladeshi politics: the weakness of governance. The coexistence of a poor governance track record and a relatively strong socioeconomic performance makes Bangladesh an intriguing case which throws up exciting and relevant conceptual and policy challenges. Structured in four sections - Political Settlement, Elites and Deep Structures; Democracy, Citizenship and Values; Civil Society, Local Context and Political Change; Informality and Accountability – the book identifies and engages with these challenges. Chapters by experts in the field share a number of conceptual and epistemological principles and offer a combination of theoretical and empirical insights, and cover a good range of contemporary issues and debate.

Employing a structurally determinist perspective, this book explains politics and society in Bangladesh from a novel perspective. Academics in the field of governance and politics in developing countries, with a focus on South Asia and Bangladesh will welcome its publication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basu, Ipshita

Devine, Joe

Wood, Geof

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.