Overview
- Provides a critical analysis of the birth and emergence of the new nation
- Covers key events written by scholars of global reputation in South Asian studies
- Coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Bangladesh
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The Emergence of Bangladesh analyses and celebrates the first 50 years of Bangladesh as a nation, bringing insights from key scholars in Bangladeshi studies to an international audience, as well as ‘bringing home’ to a domestic audience the work of some of the nation’s greatest intellectual exports, the Bangladeshi scholars who have made a mark in their field of study in academia. The book offers unique coverage of the battlegrounds on which the founding of the new nation was fought, including language, power and religion, and provides unique insight into some of the hot spots that continue to shape the development of the nation: the issues of gender, culture, ethnicity, governance, the economy and the army. Those with an interest in understanding the past or present Bangladesh will find this a trove of frank and readable analysis.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
Reviews
The book tells the story of the emergence of Bangladesh and the first fifty years of its economic, political, social and cultural developments based on articles written by scholars who actively participated in events creating the nation's history as well as by other academics who are leading experts in their respective fields. It has been imaginatively conceived and includes many topics which have not been adequately discussed so far. The study will be an invaluable resource for teachers and students of Bangladesh and South Asian studies as it provides a comprehensive analysis of the country's multifaceted developments.
Professor Rounaq Jahan - Political Scientist and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka.
Bangladesh is a fascinating development story: surprising success despite a bloody birth and seemingly hopeless odds. This uniquely rich collection of essays provides authentic multi-disciplinary narratives from Bangladeshi scholars whohave had a front-row view of the nation’s 50-year journey of socio-economic progress amid many contradictions and paradoxes. The wide range of topics make the book particularly valuable for understanding the economic and political dynamics of the country as embedded in the settings of socio-cultural transformation. The book will also be of interest to scholars interested in a broad-brush approach to understanding development in the countries of the Global South generally.
Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud
Former Professor of economics, University of Dhaka; former Adviser to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh; and author of Markets, Morals and Development: Rethinking Economics from a Developing Country Perspective (Routledge, 2021).
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Habibul Haque Khondker (Ph.D University of Pittsburgh) is Professor of Sociology at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi. He is the co-editor of Covid-19 and Governance (Routledge, 2021), Asia and Europe in Globalization (Brill, 2006). He co-authored with Bryan Turner, Globalization East and West (Sage, 2010). His research is on global studies.
Olav Muurlink has been involved with education development in Bangladesh, principally Bhola, for 25 years. He is Head of Country, Bangladesh, and chair of the Australian NGO Cooperation in Development (Australia) Incorporated,. He is associate professor in sustainable innovation at Central Queensland University in Brisbane, and formerly Senior Research Fellow at Griffith University.
Asif Bin Ali, a journalist turned academic, is Erasmus Mundus Fellow (2019-2021) at Swansea University, the UK, and Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the lead editor of Buddhist Nationalism Rohingya Crisis andContemporary Politics (2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Emergence of Bangladesh
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Editors: Habibul Khondker, Olav Muurlink, Asif Bin Ali
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5521-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5520-3Published: 23 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5523-4Published: 24 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-5521-0Published: 22 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 443
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Cities, Countries, Regions, History of South Asia, Political History