Bangladesh : from a nation to a state
This book provides Bangladesh's history, polity, economy and society and reassesses its successes and failures in reaching the four goals—democracy, secularism, socialism, and nationalism—after a quarter century of nationhood.
xv, 176 pages : map ; 24 cm
9780813336329, 0813336325
47885632
Preface -- A Delta and Its People -- Hindus and Buddhists -- Bengal Under Muslim Rule -- Bengal Under the Company -- Bengal Under the Raj -- Toward Independence and Partition -- A Province of Pakistan -- Democracy, Authoritarianism, Limited Democracy, 1972—1982 -- Military Rule and Democracy Restored, 1982—1996 -- Economic and Social Development -- Bangladesh in the World System -- Democracy or Authoritarianism? Development or Stagnation?