Academic and Reference Books

Agricultural Development Possibilities in Bangladesh

$28.00
$28.00
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Academic and Reference Books
Agriculture and Livestock
Bangladesh Studies
Urban and Regional Planning URP
Language: 
English
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550
ISBN: 
978 984 05 1357 4
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
1997
Number of Pages: 
362
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HB
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This book includes selected papers on crop suitability and agricultural development based on the author's extensive experience with soils and agricultural development in Bangladesh. Written between 1974 and 1989, the papers range from popular journal articles to formal reports to Government. The successive chapters, updated by footnotes, provide a realistic appraisal of the opportunities for increasing agricultural production in Bangladesh's diverse environments.

Democracy's Roller Coaster Ride in Bangladesh

$18.00
$18.00
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Academic and Reference Books
Politics and Political Science
Bangladesh Studies
State and Governance
Language: 
English
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360
ISBN: 
984 70220 0026 4
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2009
Number of Pages: 
125
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The first decade of the 21st century has been a lost decade for Bangladesh both politically and economically. On one hand, this period provided a scope for political commentators to write about many issues in respect of development of democratic practices and of governance, yet on the other hand, this was a period of nightmare for the politicians and for the people in general. This volume is a collection of selected articles contributed by the author to Bangladesh's most popular English daily, The Daily Star.

Democracy in Crisis

$25.00
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Academic and Reference Books
Politics and Political Science
Bangladesh Studies
State and Governance
Language: 
English
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500
ISBN: 
978 984 506 007 3
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2008
Number of Pages: 
254
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HB
Reprint: 
2010
Revised Edition: 
2010
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The liberal democratic values and the constitutional system have suffered serial reversals in Bangladesh, accompanied by a trend towards authoritarian and unaccountable government. The failure of the political system and politicians is blamed conventionally. That alone cannot explain the reversals sufficiently; the deep conflict of secular nationalism and liberal democracy with communal and authoritarian political culture explain the political and constitutional regresses.

The Foreshadowing of Bangladesh: Bengal Muslim League and Muslim Politics: 1906-1947

$24.00
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Academic and Reference Books
Politics and Political Science
Bangladesh Studies
History
Bangladesh Liberation War
Language: 
English
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750
ISBN: 
978 984 506 109 4
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2003
Number of Pages: 
382
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This study covers, what Leonard A. Gordon calls, the neglected history of Bengali Muslims before 1947. It provides a detailed account of the Bengal Muslim League during the period from 1906 to1947. It covers its various aspects, such as, problems of organisation, policies and mobilisation , nature of leadership, inner party conflict, bases of support and relations with the parent all-India body. A special attempt has been made to show how the formerly popular Krishak Praja Party disappeared from the political scene of Bengal, ironically, during the Chief Ministership of its architect, A.K.

Inside Bengal Politics: 1936-1947: Unpublished Correspondence of Partition Leaders

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Academic and Reference Books
Politics and Political Science
Bangladesh Studies
History
Language: 
English
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480
ISBN: 
984 05 1668 X
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2003
Number of Pages: 
174
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The decade preceding the 1947 Indian partition was an eventful period, with profound impact on the subsequent political developments of the states thus created. Though works dealing with this period abound, most of these have an all-India focus. There is a dearth of research-based books and other works covering the Bengal situation. Bengal, then a Muslim-majority province in eastern India, was the bastion of the Muslim League/Pakistan movement.

Non-Party Caretaker Government in Bangladesh

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Academic and Reference Books
Administration and public policy
Politics and Political Science
State and Governance
Language: 
English
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350
ISBN: 
984 05 1720 1
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2004
Number of Pages: 
206
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Elections under caretaker governments are a common practice to be found in most parliamentary democracies of the world. Usually an outgoing government acts as the caretaker administration. But Bangladesh has deviated from this established democratic tradition. The Constitution now requires that a non-party caretaker government (NCG) run the routine administration of the country for a limited period of time between the dissolution of parliament and the appointment of a prime minister after the constitution of a new parliament.

The Working of Parliamentary Committees in Westminster Systems: Lessons for Bangladesh

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Academic and Reference Books
Administration and public policy
Bangladesh Studies
State and Governance
Language: 
English
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450
ISBN: 
984 05 1788 0
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2007
Number of Pages: 
244
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Committees are ubiquitous. They are found in all types of legislatures- large or small, old or new. Parliamentary committees are important because they can provide a number of values that are not easily available otherwise. However, although it is widely acknowledged that committees have greater resilience in Congressional and Continental systems than in Westminster-style democracies, there are not many studies that explore variations in committee influence and impact in the latter. This volume intends to fill this gap.

Nationalism, Fundamentalism and Democracy in Bangladesh

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Academic and Reference Books
Politics and Political Science
Bangladesh Studies
State and Governance
Language: 
English
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200
ISBN: 
984 8127 18 6
Publisher: 
International Centre for Bengal Studies
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2002
Number of Pages: 
126
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This book contains essays for discussion and amendment. The author has tried to describe and analyse one of the most enduring issues of our time in order to facilitate a different understanding of the event. The effects of nationalism, militarism, fundamentalism and democracy manifest themselves as a powerful pressure with significant effects on our human environment. It has widened the gap between concern and decision and has impassibly divided Bangladesh society.

Women and Militancy: South Asian Complexities

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Academic and Reference Books
International Relations and Security Studies
South Asian Studies
Gender Studies
Language: 
English
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500
ISBN: 
978 984 506 028 8
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2011
Number of Pages: 
151
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This book is an attempt to bring the complexities and multiplicities of violence inflicted against women and the different dimensions of militarisation. Several issues however inform and shape the South Asian complexities with respect to women and militancy, and the book attempts to address them both theoretically and empirically. Firstly, the book looks at the challenges and contradiction. South Asia has outstanding women leaders at the state level, but violence against women and that too of varied nature is on the rise.

The Politics of Nationalism - The Case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Bangladesh

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Category Type: 
Academic and Reference Books
Politics and Political Science
Bangladesh Studies
Law and Human Rights
Language: 
English
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UPL Showroom Price: 
450
ISBN: 
984 05 1400 8
Publisher: 
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
1997
Number of Pages: 
272
Cover Type: 
HB
Reprint: 
2002
Edition: 
2nd
Revised Edition: 
2002
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The Politics of Nationalism examines the process of nationality construction within the Hill people of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. The book places the issue in an historical context and begins with the first encounter of the Hill people with the British in 1760; it traces their loss of independence and consequent marginalisation within the colonial state. The book then argues that nation-state is tuned to the needs and aspirations of the dominant community; and the Hill people being the subordinate group continued to be marginalised within the State of Pakistan and then Bangladesh.

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