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Fifty Years of Bangladesh-Japan Relations: Japan’s Contribution to the Freedom Struggle of Bangladesh 孟日关系五十年:日本对孟加拉国自由斗争的贡献

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/vcfg2663

S. Reza

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Governing the Bangladesh–India borderland: No melting point for a state border and social boundary 管理孟加拉国-印度边境:没有国家边界和社会边界的融合点

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/nmfn4057

A. Sufian

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The Business-Politics Nexus and Violations of the Water Bodies in Dhaka City 达喀市商业-政治关系与水体违规

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/dero9339

F. Ahmed

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Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/olnu3609

Muhammad Badrul Hasan

{"title":"Constraints related to the Community Management Model for Shared Drinking Water Systems Governance in Coastal Bangladesh","authors":"Muhammad Badrul Hasan","doi":"10.57074/olnu3609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57074/olnu3609","url":null,"abstract":"The community management (CM) model has been touted as a superior alternative to state control or privatization with regard to the governance of rural Bangladesh's shared drinking water systems (SDWSs) since the 1990s. Later, especially around the start of the 21st century, this model reached its limit, causing dysfunction in several SDWSs in the country. Due to the increasing institutional and socio-economic constraints, the pure community management strategy is unlikely to lead to SDWSs’ durability. This paper, therefore, investigates the limitations that prevent the CM strategy from maximizing SDWSs’ performance in Bangladesh. To this end, a qualitative case study approach was employed to examine pond sand filters (PSFs)—a shared drinking water system—in the southwestern coastal zone of Bangladesh. The study selected 30 functional and dysfunctional PSFs following purposive sampling from three unions (ten per union) in southwestern Bangladesh. This paper finds that a low level of community participation, lack of management rules, absence of an active maintenance committee and their financial incentive, community’s unwillingness to pay, dominance of the local elite, and lack of external support represent barriers to the success of the CM approach in ensuring the durable functionality of SDWSs in coastal Bangladesh. The findings have major implications for policymakers and practitioners seeking to optimize the community management model to ensure the durable functionality of a shared drinking water system in both rural Bangladesh and similar contexts worldwide.","PeriodicalId":185999,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Political Science Review","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129430224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bangabandhu’s 6-Point Programme and the Independence of Bangladesh Bangabandhu的六点方案和孟加拉国的独立

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/rrci6681

Harun-or Rashid

{"title":"Bangabandhu’s 6-Point Programme and the Independence of Bangladesh","authors":"Harun-or Rashid","doi":"10.57074/rrci6681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57074/rrci6681","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is an attempt to examine the role of the 6-point programme (1966) presented by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. In the backdrop of ‘internal colonial’ rule over the majority of Bangalis by the (West) Pakistani ruling elites Bangabandhu initiated his 6-point programme as ‘the Magna Carta’ of Bangalis’ national emancipation. Mujib made the 6-point programme acceptable to the people: first, by mobilizing the Awami League leaders and workers in favour of it; second, by explaining the messages and ultimate goal of the 6-point programme through various meetings for three months before his arrest at the hands of the Ayub regime. Antagonized by the Bangabandhu’s 6-point programme, the (West) Pakistani rulers imprisoned him. While in jail he was charged with sedition leading the Ayub regime to file ‘the Agartala Conspiracy Case’ (1968). Against the measures of the regime, the people took out the streets creating a mass upsurge and made supreme sacrifices. Ayub had no other option but to unconditionally withdraw the case setting Bangabandhu and other accused free. This was followed by the holding of first general elections of Pakistan in December 1970 in which 6-point programme was Awami League’s election plank. The mandate of the Bangalis in favour of 6-point programme paved the way for the independence of Bangladesh.","PeriodicalId":185999,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Political Science Review","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121248378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Securitization of Cross-border Population Movements 人口跨境流动的证券化

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/rtyi6923

Tasneem Tasneem Siddiqui

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Bonhomie of India-Bangladesh Relations in the Post-2008 Period 2008年后印孟关系的缓和

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/jgzk8759

S. Bhardwaj

{"title":"Bonhomie of India-Bangladesh Relations in the Post-2008 Period","authors":"S. Bhardwaj","doi":"10.57074/jgzk8759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57074/jgzk8759","url":null,"abstract":"The relations between India and Bangladesh are embedded in their shared history, geographical proximity, economic interdependency, and cultural affinity, as well as their positioning within the geopolitical conditions of the South Asian region. Since 1971, the year when Bangladesh became an independent nation, its bilateral relationships have frequently fluctuated. From the period of amity born from the partnership in Bangladesh’s War of Liberation, to the long spell of apathy during the post-Mujib era, and from the mutual suspicions following the restoration of democracy in Bangladesh in 1991, to the challenging forging of a development partnership through strategic cooperation by the present Bangladesh Awami League government, the bilateral relationship between India and Bangladesh has never been stable. The contemporary epoch has witnessed certain fundamental changes in the outlook and attitudes of both countries towards each other, however, that have collectively led towards a paradigm shift in their relationship. What are these new changes, and how permanent are they? How and where is this relationship heading? These are some of the questions that this article investigates. The focus of this enquiry is primarily upon the post-2008 politico-domestic construct of Bangladesh at the macro, meso and micro levels as well its implications for the India-Bangladesh bilateral relations.","PeriodicalId":185999,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Political Science Review","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117252557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Domestic bases of foreign policy: The case of Bangladesh’s policy towards India 外交政策的国内基础:以孟加拉国对印度政策为例

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/wxcc3705

Bibhuti Bhusan Biswas

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A Critical Appraisal of the Sustainability of Bangladesh’s Water Governance from Nexus Perspectives 从Nexus的角度对孟加拉国水治理的可持续性进行批判性评估

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/wpmu4745

S. Karim

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Addressing the Housing Needs of Low-Income Internal Migrants in Chattogram City: The Role of City Governance 城市群低收入流动人口的住房需求:城市治理的作用

Bangladesh Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.57074/aort9262

Mohammad Rashed Alam Bhuiyan

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