Civil Society In Bangladesh

Author : Farhat Tasnim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813344044

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Civil Society in Bangladesh by Farhat Tasnim Pdf

This book is the first of its kind to offer an understanding, analysis, and prediction of the state of civil society in Bangladesh in relation to development and democracy. It is a research attempt to reveal the paradox found in developing countries like Bangladesh where there are numerous and active civil society organizations (CSOs) that have had almost no influence in consolidating democracy. This book, however, also qualifies the normative assumption on the positive relationship between civil society and democracy asserted by the mainstream neo-Tocquevillean School that has a profound influence on donor policies. Readers are introduced to civil society in Bangladesh from a broad perspective. Rather than confining the analysis to NGOs, chapters explore the origin, nature, and function of both modern and conventional CSOs, which helps to provide a more authentic understanding of the genuine state of civil society in relation to other actors in the political system. Combining survey data analyses and empirical observations with carefully chosen case studies, the book reveals that CSOs participate very actively in social services. This research also reveals that these highly active CSOs in the field of social development lack the necessary attributes for ensuring participation, proper interest articulation and monitoring of the state. Through systematic analysis, the book shows that political structures—and for Bangladesh, particularly political parties—along with vertical social relationships such as clientelism, patronage, nepotism, and corruption have contributed to a non-vigilant civil society in Bangladesh, although it often is spoken of in different terms. This book is highly recommended for researchers, students, and development practitioners interested in South Asia as well as in understanding the potentials and limitations of civil society in relation to development and democracy. Farhat Tasnim's book is a comprehensive treatment of civil society in Bangladesh. It will serve as a useful resource for future researchers in this field for a long time to come. Harry Blair, Yale University, USA Farhat Tasnim provides in this book a new perspective on one of the essential cases of civil society study, Bangladesh. Her penetrating analysis of the relationship of civil society organizations and democracy in Bangladesh should attract a wide readership. This is an important book not only for students of Bangladesh, but for scholars and practitioners interested in the relationship of civil society organizations and democracy. Robert J. Pekkanen, University of Washington, USA

Author : Dr Fahimul Quadir,Professor Yutaka Tsujinaka
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472423313

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Civil Society in Asia by Dr Fahimul Quadir,Professor Yutaka Tsujinaka Pdf

Providing much needed analytical context to explore the theoretical and empirical dimensions of the role of civil society in the democracy and development of Bangladesh, Civil Society in Asia brings together well established international authors to explore key ideas and debates from a wide range of disciplines. Through this the contributors raise intriguing questions about the prospects for liberal democracy and social development in a Muslim majority country.

Author : Md. Nurul Momen,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng Li,M. Basavaraj
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811523939

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Building Sustainable Communities by Md. Nurul Momen,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng Li,M. Basavaraj Pdf

The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe its relationship to social service programmes and individual well-being; understands the social policy development from the problem identification to policy implementation; describes the range of organization of social service agencies that are responsible for providing social welfare programmes; explores the various roles that professional and non- professional helpers provide in the delivery of social welfare and their influence in promoting change in policy development; and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy.

Author : Peter B. Andersen,Rubya Mehdi,Amit Prakash
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000371598

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Re-Interrogating Civil Society in South Asia by Peter B. Andersen,Rubya Mehdi,Amit Prakash Pdf

This book offers an overview of the history and development of civil society in three major nations of South Asia – Pakistan, India and Bangladesh – from colonial times to the present. It examines the liberalization of civil society since the 1980s, the needs it created for civil action, the professionalization of civil society organizations, and the extent to which civil society may benefit society at large in the context of local, national and global transformations in the economy, political regime and ideology. The reader will find new insights on the interaction between the liberalization of multifaceted civil societies in the three countries, presenting contrasts such as restrictions put on women’s organizations or labour unions and acceptance of religious organizations’ activities. The volume looks at forms of transfer of civil society models, representation and democratic legitimacy of civil society organizations such as nongovernmental organizations, government organized NGOs and faith-based organizations, along with the structuring of civil society through legal frames as well as female, religious, and ethnic mobilizations around language and literature. Using wide-ranging empirical data and theoretical analyses, it deals with civil society issues relating to human rights and political challenges, justice, inequality, empowerment, and the role of bureaucracy, women’s movements, and ethnic and linguistic minorities. It also presents early responses to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020 which created significant pressure on the states and on civil society. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of political studies, development studies, sociology, public policy and governance, law and human rights, as also to professionals in think tanks, civil society activists and NGOs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789389812183

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Civil Society and Citizenship in India and Bangladesh by Anonim Pdf

'The sort of critical awareness necessary to actually enrich discussions of civil society, rather than contribute to its elusiveness, pervades through the book.' -Professor Vedi R. Hadiz, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia '...introduces readers to the dynamics shaping the complex relationship between CSOs and the state in today's India and Bangladesh.' -Professor Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway, University of London 'This volume should be a compulsory read for everyone who is interested in contemporary contests in the civil society space in South Asia...' -Professor Amit Prakash, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 'This edited anthology is a timely and an important contribution to the scholarship on civil society and citizenship, particularly in South Asia.' -Associate Professor Mohammad Salehin, Centre for Peace Studies, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway Civil Society and Citizenship in India and Bangladesh presents new multidisciplinary research, exploring the opportunities and challenges facing civil society in today's India and Bangladesh. It informs contemporary understanding of citizenship, gender rights and social identities and is published at a time of increased global uncertainties related to changing civic space, political tensions, a downturn in the world economy and the rise of populism. India and Bangladesh are key contexts, not the least because of rapid (and uneven) economic and social development but their contrasting experiences of democracy and discrimination and inequality faced by dierent groups and communities. This new multidisciplinary title presents new research findings that also contribute to theory-building on the form, functioning and democratic role of civil society in the 21st century.

Author : Imtiaz Ahmed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Bangladesh
ISBN : 9845251110

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Civil Society, State & Democratic Futures in Bangladesh by Imtiaz Ahmed Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bangladesh
ISBN : UOM:39015055511771

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Citizens and Governance, Civil Society in the New Millennium by Anonim Pdf

On various topics of relationship between state and its subjects.

Author : Muntassir Mamoon,Jayanta Kumar Ray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:66580834

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Civil Society in Bangladesh by Muntassir Mamoon,Jayanta Kumar Ray Pdf

Author : Kendall Stiles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313012297

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Civil Society by Design by Kendall Stiles Pdf

Drawing on years of research and direct experience in Bangladesh, Stiles pulls together theoretical strands from economics, sociology, and anthropology to help explain an emerging social structure in the Third World. These structures, which he calls intermestic development circles, bring together international donor agencies with various domestic community and private organizations. In Bangladesh not-for-profit agencies are dramatically transforming their operation and organizational cultures, while in turn Western NGOs are themselves changing in subtle ways. Scholars of development will find Stiles's intriguing account of the reciprocating effects of extensive interaction, cooperation, and tensions between international donors and domestic recipients informative and provocative. Moving through three discernable phases, each one explainable by resort to different theories, these development circles grow from mere trading arrangements to a coherent social structure, separate from the rest of civil society in Bangladesh. While in the process of the not-for-profits receiving assistance become wealthier and more effective, they lose much of their local identity and become part of a transnational network. At the same time, donors must recast themselves in order to work effectively with these agencies, which often creates tension between local and home offices. The book closes with some recommendations that might attenuate some of the more troubling effects of this transformation.

Author : Jasmin Lorch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137554628

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Civil Society and Mirror Images of Weak States by Jasmin Lorch Pdf

This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies. A vibrant civil society is usually perceived as an important ingredient of democracy, but does this hold for civil society in weak states as well? What does civil society look like in contexts of state weakness? How much and what kind of political influence does it have in such settings? And are its actors really capable and willing to contribute to democracy in states where independent and legal bureaucratic institutions are weak? Addressing each of these questions, the author points the way to some hard re-thinking about the basis for and approach to development assistance to and via local civil society, with crucial repercussions for the ways in which international development assistance is designed and funded. The chapter 'Analysing Civil Society in Weak States' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

Author : Ipshita Basu,Joe Devine,Geof Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351781688

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Politics and Governance in Bangladesh by Ipshita Basu,Joe Devine,Geof Wood Pdf

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.

Author : Richard Holloway
Publisher : University Press Limited
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042002215

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Supporting Citizen's Initiatives by Richard Holloway Pdf

This book explains the role currently played by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Bangladesh and contains lessons for all those concerned with understanding the relationship between state and civil society organizations throughout the developing world.

Author : Abdullahel Shafi,Shanjida Akan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Bangladesh
ISBN : 3832535411

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The Development, Politics, Civil Society and Climate Change of Bangladesh by Abdullahel Shafi,Shanjida Akan Pdf

This new book on Bangladesh development, civil society, climate change gives a new insight into the debate of development in Bangladesh. There goes a saying in Bengali-'Goriber bou sobar bhabi' ("Wife of powerless is considered as ready to be taken to bed anytime by the POWERFUL"). In case of development, civil society, NGOs, dependency and even climate change of the country, the regional as well as the international powers have always poked their nose into the affairs of Bangladesh. Even local political leaders, civil society and NGOs community have become cheap instruments of letting her be the 'test case of development' to outsiders. Such mentalities of the peoples have always become a burden to the country. This book offers challenging aims to clarify the ambiguities of dependency theory-the west is creating dependency to the third world, we have shown that local pioneers of development are wonderful hands to the west as well as they themselves are the barriers to development. In the subsequent chapters, this book offers an insight into the problems of policy making, civil society as competitor of the national politicians, NGOs as an instrument of colonial masters. We have tried to instrumentalise globalization friendly development to the country by suggesting some positive measures and changing it to development friendly and at the same time, we tried to develop a model of politics by the scenario building methods of social science. The book concludes with the politics of climate change and climate gate where without being climate scientists, we tried to prove the assessment of the IPCC president fake. This book would be an important text for students and scholars in politics, civil society, policy making, sociology, and the social sciences in general. It will also appeal to a broader audiences interested in key social, political issues of Bangladesh.

Author : David C. Schak,Wayne Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056885117

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Civil Society in Asia by David C. Schak,Wayne Hudson Pdf

This volume is the outcome of a symposium on Asian civil society and a conference on justice and governance held at Griffith University during 2001. The contributors offer new perspectives on the nature and definition of Asian civil society.

Author : Faruque Ahmed,Āphasāna Caudhurī,Akramul Islam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Tuberculosis
ISBN : 1891385569

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TB Policy in Bangladesh by Faruque Ahmed,Āphasāna Caudhurī,Akramul Islam Pdf