Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh
Good policies are an important prerequisite of good governance, and any effort to change one is likely to affect the other. In emerging democracies, such as Bangladesh, a redefinition of roles and responsibilities of different actors in the policy and governing process can be noticed.
This book identifies and analyzes issues related to the making and implementation of public policies in Bangladesh over the last four decades (19722012). It explores the implications of the change that has taken place in policy and governance environment in Bangladesh. Focusing on several important sectoral and sub-sectoral policies, it examines the impact and limitations of the change.
Chapters are structured into four parts: Governance, public policy and Parliament; Cases of public policy; Women in governance and public administration; and Ethics, innovations and public service delivery. The book is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of development studies, public policy and South Asian politics.
Nizam Ahmed is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Forty years of experience
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Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh
Forty years of experience
Edited by Nizam Ahmed
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Title: Public policy and governance in Bangladesh : forty years of experience / Nizam Ahmed.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. | Series: Routledge studies in South Asian politics ; 7 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016002707| ISBN 9781138657960 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315621043 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Political planningBangladesh. | WomenPolitical activityBangladesh. | Public administrationBangladesh. | BangladeshPolitics and government1971
Classification: LCC JQ635.A55 P643 2016 | DDC 320.6095492dc23
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Contents
PART I
Introduction
NIZAM AHMED
PART II
Governance, public policy and Parliament
AHMED SHAFIQUL HUQUE
HAROON A. KHAN
HABIB ZAFARULLAH AND ABU ELIAS SARKER
NIZAM AHMED
PART III
Cases of public policy
FERDOUS JAHAN AND ASIF MOHAMMAD SHAHAN
MOBASSER MONEM AND AMIR M. NASRULLAH
FERDOUS ARFINA OSMAN
NIAZ AHMED KHAN
PART IV
Women in governance and public administration
NUSRAT JAHAN CHOWDHURY
MAHEEN SULTAN AND FERDOUS JAHAN
PRANAB KUMAR PANDAY
PART V
Ethics, innovation and public service delivery
SONIA HAQ
FERDOUS ARFINA OSMAN
FARHANA RAZZAQUE
NOORE ALAM SIDDIQUEE AND GOFRAN FAROQI
Nizam Ahmed, PhD (Melbourne) is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong, and Chief Coordinator, Public Administration and Governance Research Network. He has authored/edited nine books and published more than 50 articles in scholarly local and international journals.
Nusrat Jahan Chowdhury, PhD (Auckland) is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka. Dr. Chowdhury has authored one book and published several articles in scholarly national and international journals.
Gofran Faroqi is a doctoral candidate, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University, Australia.
Sonia Haq, PhD (Hacettepe) is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. She has presented papers to different international conferences and published articles in refereed academic journals. Her first book on public service ethics is awaiting publication.
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, PhD (British Columbia) is Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada. He has published 12 books and numerous research articles in leading international journals. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Public Administration and Policy, and Contributing Editor for Southeast Asia of the online Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy.
Ferdous Jahan, PhD (Pennsylvania) is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has authored one book and many journal articles on governance, development and womens empowerment issues which have been published in renowned national and international academic journals.
Haroon A. Khan, PhD (Kansas) is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Henderson State University, Arkansas, USA. He also taught at Indiana-Purdue University at Ft. Wayne, Indiana and Central Michigan University. Dr. Khan was awarded a Senior Fulbright Fellowship to teach at Dhaka University in 1999. He is the author of several books and has also published a number of articles in professional journals.
Niaz Ahmed Khan, PhD (Wales) is Professor of Development Studies at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford, University College Swansea and the Asian Institute of Technology. He has authored several books, and contributed more than 150 articles and book chapters to national and international refereed journals and books.
