Social Transformation in Bangladesh

Pathways, Challenges and the Way Forward
Herausgeber: Rahman, Shahidur; Masud-All-Kamal, Md

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the underlying causes of Bangladesh's success story since its independence. It will be of great interest for those specialising in the fields of South Asian Studies, Development Studies, Sociology, Migration, Labour, Health and Media Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781032562063
• ISBN-10: 1032562064
• Artikelnr.: 70150612

Autorenporträt

Shahidur Rahman is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at BRAC University, Bangladesh. His research interests include political economy of development, industrial relations, gender, and labour, with a particular focus on the Bangladesh garment industry. Shahidur is the author of three books and his most recent one is, The Bangladesh Garment Industry and the Global Supply Chain: Choices and Constraints of Management (Routledge, 2021). Md. Masud-All-Kamal is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is also a member of the Adaptation, Community and Environment (ACE) Research Group at the University of Adelaide, Australia. His research focuses on the social dimensions of climate change, community engagement and socially just transition. His research output has appeared in reputed international outlets.

Inhaltsangabe

Understanding Social Transformation in Bangladesh: Introduction; 1. The
Path to Neoliberalism: Investigating Bangladesh's Political Economic
Transformation; 2. Neoliberal Restructuring and the Precarious Urban Poor
in Dhaka City; 3. Post-Secular Narratives: Negotiating Religion and State
in Bangladesh; 4. Challenges to the News Media in Bangladesh; 5. The
Challenges of Retaining Female Workers in the Bangladesh Garment Industry;
6. Digital Labour Platforms, Resistance, and Labour Protection in
Bangladesh; 7. Institutional Barriers to Implementing NGO-Initiated Climate
Adaptation in Bangladesh; 8. Circulation of Success Stories of Fellow
Indigenous Individuals: Assessing the Beneficial or Detrimental Effects;
9. The Rise of YouTube and Its Influence on Major Aspects of Life in
Bangladesh; 10. Adverse Birth Outcomes in Bangladesh: A Public Health Model
of Prevention; 11. Genocide against the Rohingyas in Myanmar, Ecocide
against the Ukhiyans in Bangladesh: The Genocide-Ecocide Nexus; 12.
Bangladeshi Migrant Shipbuilders in Italy: Rethinking Precarity and
Livelihood; Index