عنوان

Bangladesh :

(Number (ISBN

0521713773 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

0521886120 (hardback)

(Number (ISBN

9780521713771 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780521886123 (hardback)

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b528073

Title Proper

Bangladesh :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

politics, economics, and civil society /

First Statement of Responsibility

David Lewis

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 233 p. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index

Text of Note

A state in the making -- Towards Bangladesh -- State, politics and institutions -- Nongovernmental actors and civil society -- Economic development and transformation -- Population, natural resources and environment

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"Relatively little is known or understood about Bangladesh by outsiders. Since its hard-won independence from Pakistan in 1971, it has been ravaged by economic and environmental disasters. Only recently has the country begun to emerge as a fragile, but functioning, parliamentary democracy, relatively self-sufficient in food production and with an economy that has been consistently achieving growth. The story of Bangladesh, told through the pages of this concise and readable book, is a truly remarkable one. By delving into its past, and through an analysis of the economic, political and social changes that have taken place over the last twenty years, the book explains how Bangladesh is becoming of increasing interest to the international community as a portal into some of the key issues of our age: the way globalization affects the world's poorer countries, the long-term effects of the international development industry, the potential risks to people and environment from climate change and the political challenges facing modern Muslim-majority nations. In this way the book offers an important corrective to the view of Bangladesh as a failed state and also sheds light on the lives of a new generation of its citizens."--P. [4] of cover

Bangladesh, Economic conditions

Bangladesh, Politics and government, 1971-

Bangladesh, Social conditions

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Edition

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Book number

Lewis, David,1960-

Date of Transaction

20120210120744.0

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[Book]

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