Basu / Devine / Wood Politics and Governance in Bangladesh

Uncertain Landscapes
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-78168-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics

Since its Independence in 1971, Bangladesh has been associated with poverty and poverty studies. Over the years, 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 MDG targets. 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 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 Balgadesh 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, Geoff

Wood, Geof

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Contesting political space - Who governs in Bangladesh, G.D. Wood, J.Devine and I.Basu

Part 1 Political Settlement, Elites and Deep Structures

2. Party dysfunction and homeostasis in Bangladesh: The old disorder restored or not?, H. Blair

3. Where are the drivers of governance reform?, P. Landell-Mills

Part 2 Democracy, Citizenship and Values

4. Citizen-centred governance: Lessons from high performing Asian economies for Bangladesh, H.H. Khondker

5. Governance, rights and the demand for democracy: evidence from Bangladesh, J. Devine, G.Brown, I. Basu

Part 3 Civil Society, Local Context and Political Change

6. Deconstructing the Natural State: Is there room for De Tocqueville or only Gramsci in Bangladesh?, G.D. Wood

7. When things go wrong: what can be learned from cases of organizational breakdown and failure, D.Lewis

8. Social autonomy and governance in Bangladesh: changes and challenges, I.Iqbal

Part 4 Informality and Accountability

9. The significance of unruly politics in Bangladesh, N.Hossain

10. Conclusion: Governance challenges in Bangladesh - Old wine in not so new bottles?, J.Devine, G.D. Wood and I.Basu

Über Autor(innen)

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

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

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