Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person acc...
Nazli Kibria
Abstract In this paper I look at the growth of revivalist Islam – the ‘new Islam’ – within Muslim migrant communities in Western societies. I do so through a comparative analysis of how Bangladesh-origin Muslims in Britain and the US view and understand revivalist Islam, especially its popularity am...
Mahua Sarkar
Shelley Feldman
While nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are recognized for the important role they play in development planning, particularly as sites for democratic change, little attention is given to how they prefigure the economic and social reorganization of everyday life and provide a venue for privatizati...
M. J. Gillan
Santi Rozario
This book is intended for students and researchers in Asian studies, women's studies, anthropolgy, development studies, and sociology.
Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia M. Uddin examines the complex history of Islamic state formation in Bangladesh, formerly the eastern part of the Indian province of Bengal. Uddin focuses on significant moments in the region's history from medieval to modern...
Jason Cons
Rounaq Jahan
Contributed articles on Bangladesh's social, economic, and political developments during the past three decades
Amena Mohsin
Reece Jones
Yasmin Saikia
In 1971, two wars broke out in East Pakistan. One was a civil war between East and West Pakistan, and, the other, an international war fought between India and Pakistan. In the wars soldiers and civilians – Punjabi, Bengali, Bihari and Indians – who served as state and non-state/community actors vio...
C. Emdad Haque, M. Q. Zaman
As a deltaic plain, Bangladesh annually experiences riverbank erosion hazard due to sudden and rapid channel shifting, particularly in the major floodplain areas of the country. Consequently, valuable cultivable land is lost; also village settlements, markets and towns are destroyed, displacing tens...
Alaka Malwade Basu, Sajeda Amin
This article argues that looking solely for the immediate causes of reproductive change may distort our understanding of policy options by failing to take into account the historical and cultural factors that affect not only the impact of policies and programs but their very nature and existence. Th...
M. Rezaul Islam, W. John Morgan
This article looks at the role of NGOs in terms of their capacity for social capital development and community empowerment. The article is based on qualitative research focusing on two NGOs in Bangladesh: Proshika and Practical Action Bangladesh, and their work in two communities, one urban and the ...