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A participatory democracy that engenders social cohesion helps promote economic development. Persistent mass poverty and economic disparities, however, are constraints to fulfilling such a vision of democracy among the nations of South Asia—a region which is at a conjunctural moment in its history.
The book examines, in the context of South Asia, four interrelated dimensions that constitute the central policy challenges of our time: strengthening democracy ...
All over the world, there has been much outcry about the character of the global climate, which has been changing rapidly and has recently posed a threat to the global climate. The growing demand for global energy, the impending exhaustion of fossil fuel resources, and many more factors will result in our increased dependence on renewable energy. These are essential contributors to the energy supply portfolio as they contribute to world energy supply security and ...
This volume addresses a central dilemma of our times from a perspective based on lessons from the ground--persistence of structural poverty after sixty years of independence amidst rapid economic growth, widening social anomie, political crisis and failing policy. The collection presents an alternative school of thought which has been evolved by scholars and activists over decades, in which the poor are presented not as a problem but as an essential resource. ...
This three-volume collective study presents a comprehensive narrative and critical analysis of the political, economic, social and cultural developments from the early eighteenth century to the emergence of Bangladesh as a nation state. Each volume, with fascinating details and wealth of information, contains a wide range of topics which manifest a new approach to the history of Bangladesh. An attempt has been made here to identify the crucial events and issues ...
