Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
In recent years efforts have been made to improve governance by ensuring institutional performance and policing for greater transparency to sustain liberal democracy in Bangladesh and elsewhere. Since gaining independence in 1971, The People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been driven by internal power struggles and economic chaos, while attempting to develop a democratic society. A predominately Islamic country, Bangladesh’s representative government is battling poverty and rampant corruption. Although this study appreciates what Bangladesh has achieved so far, it seeks to deviate from the general trend that romanticizes Bangladesh’s democracy and its recent connection with new governance parameters. This study attempts to identify some of the major paradoxes that Bangladesh’s democracy is faced with. All these factors will be analyzed in the context of a contemporary notion of governance and democracy in Bangladesh.
Publication Title
Recent Researches in Educational Technologies
Additional Information
PROF DATO DR. MOHAMMADA REDZUAN OTHMAN Department of History Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Email: mredzuan@um.edu.my