Development, neoliberalism, and Islamism in South Asia : the case of Bangladesh
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Development, neoliberalism, and Islamism in South Asia : the case of Bangladesh
Palgrave Macmillan, c2022
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This monograph analyzes development through an examination of those class relations and how they are situated vis-a-vis the politics of development and economic globalization in Bangladesh, and how they shape aid delivery mechanisms and aid recipients' choices in participating in such program. One of the main findings is that development in Bangladesh relies on dual hegemony, which he articulates as an alliance between the new Bangladeshi political and economic elite and the Western international aid/development industry. He argues that dual hegemony functions in such a way that it erodes the Bangladeshi middle-class and reinforces class and caste differences through the privatization of the public sector and greater fragmentation of civil society. This book is of interest to scholars of political Islam, international politics, and security studies, including terrorism and the politics of South Asia.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction1.1 Presentation of Chapters 8
Chapter 2: Development, Political Economy, and Neoliberalism.. 12
2.1 Development in Context: Historical Processes and Contested Categories 12
2.2 The Late 18th-Century Rise of Industrial Capitalism.. 15
2.3 The 1944 Bretton Woods Conference and the end of WWII 17
2.4 The Breakdown of the Bretton Woods control in early 1970s: Capital Movements and Beyond. 20
2.5 International Development 27
Chapter 3: Neoliberalism, Class Structures and Politics of Development in Bangladesh. 35
3.1 Contemporary Bangladesh and Class Structures 35
3.2 Dual Hegemony and Expanding Inequality. 44
3.3 The Construction of Poverty. 50
Chapter 4: Neoliberalism, Infrastructure and Philosophical Poverty. 59
4.1 Contemporary Bangladesh, BRTA and the World Bank. 59
4.2 Bangladesh Road and Transport Authority (BRTA) 61
4.3 Neoliberal Directives in Post-Secondary Education. 72
4.4 Free Market Induced Short Term Outcomes in Bangladeshi Higher Education. 75
4.5 Euphemisms and Marketing Globalization. 79
4.6 Rickshaw Faculty. 80
4.7 "McDonaldization" of Culture. 82
4.8 Zombie Graduates. 86
4.9 Betrayal by the Neo-elites and Intellectuals. 87
Chapter 5: Neoliberalism, Islam and Intolerance. 89
5.1 Theoretical influence. 91
5.2 Islam-neoliberalism in contemporary Turkey, Egypt, and Indonesia. 95
5.3 Islam in Neoliberal Bangladesh: Analysis and discussion. 101
Chapter 06: Neoliberalism and the Political Economy of Bangladesh Military. 117
6.1 Theoretical influence. 118
6.2 Key Findings. 121
Chapter 7: Conclusion. 125
10.1 Bangladesh's Divisive and Fractured Middle-Class. 126
10.2 Dual-hegemony of State and Aid Agencies Operating in Bangladesh. 127
10.3 Bangladesh's Import Dependency. 129
10.4 The Failure of the Education System to Prepare Citizens for Participation in a Truly Democratic State 131
10.5 Specific Responses to Research Questions. 131
10.6 Policy Recommendations/Prescriptions. 134
10.7 Limitations and Future Research. 136
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