Bangladesh, a small country with the highest population density and second lowest per capita income in global scenario, today finds herself engrossed with heaps of problems. The crucial controversial issues that had bedeviled the political life of united Pakistan and that appeared to have been resolved with liberation was of 1971 have reopened again. Democratic pattern of government could not sustain long leading to martial law administration then again restoration of democracy. The present book encompasses the chequered story of dynamics of politics in Bangladesh. Vital issues described herein are: Political consciousness: Organisational sketches; Conflict and confusion in Bangladesh politics; Confrontation and consensus; Parliamentary rule in Bangladesh; Parliamentary system or Presidential system?; Politics of the Neo-colonial state; Radicalisation of Bengali politics and the mass upsurge; Secular and Islamic trends in politics of Bangladesh; Partition and results; Path of partition; Imposition of Second martial law; President Sattar and the army; Peace abroad and violence at home; Prescription for Bangladesh in 21st Century; Struggle of Bengali Muslim Nationalism (1947-1969) etc. Academics and policy planners will find this book a vade mecum.
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