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Maps=vii

Abbreviations=ix

Acknowledgements=xiii

1. Introduction=1

Approaching Bangladesh in the Literature=6

2. A State in the Making=12

Bangladeshi Society=13

Bangladesh and the International Aid System=35

Conclusion : The Current Picture=39

3. Towards Bangladesh=41

Precolonial Bengal=42

Conclusion : Past and Present=73

4. State, Politics and Institutions=75

Governing Bangladesh (1) From Nation-building to the Military Era=76

Governing Bangladesh (2) From Democratic Renewal to "Illiberal Democracy"=90

Understanding the State, Politics and "Illiberal Democracy"=97

Conclusion : The Patron State=107

5. Nongovernmental Actors and Civil Society=109

Nonstate Actors in Historical Perspective : Religion, Charity and Resistance=111

The Modern Nongovernmental Organisation Sector=113

The Idea of Civil Society=125

Conclusion : Creativity and Contradiction=134

6. Economic Development and Transformation=136

The Formal Economy since 1971=137

Bangladesh in the International Economy (1) The Rise of Nontraditional Exports=148

Bangladesh in the International Economy (2) Global and Regional Issues=153

Poverty and Economic Change=158

Conclusion : Cautious Optimism?=165

7. Population, Natural Resources and Environment=167

Natural Resources and Ecology=168

Population=179

Migration and Refugees=182

Well-Being and Capabilities=188

Conclusion : People, Nature and Resources=195

8. Conclusion=197

Dilemmas in an Age of Neoliberalism=198

Wider Issues=200

Glossary of Bengali Terms=207

Bibliography=211

Index=225

1. Bangladesh in regional context=18

2. Map of Bangladesh=141

3. Bangladesh as a riparian country : combined catchment area of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river systems=169