Bøger af Shahidur Rahman

This book examines the underlying causes of Bangladesh's success story since its independence; a country that has been praised for its economic development and commendable achievements on human development indices. It offers a critical analysis of the social transformation that has taken place. Chapters in this edited book offer interdisciplinary perspectives analyses concerning issues of inclusivity, extractivism, sustainability and equitability. The book takes a look into the interconnected metamorphosis of the economy, society, culture, and environment of Bangladesh. From the products of post-industrial society such as YouTube sensations and digital labour platforms, to groups that have gone through marginalisation for decades such as the urban poor, and indigenous peoples, a wide array of scholarship and case studies are utilised to analyses the challenges and opportunities offered by the process of societal transformation. This book will be of great interest for those specialising in the fields of South Asian Studies, Development Studies, Sociology, Migration, Labour, Health and Media Studies.

Broken Promises of Globalization: The Case of the Bangladesh Garment Industry analyzes the consequences of the latest wave of globalization within the context of the Bangladesh garment industrys integration into world markets and production chains. Shahidur Rahman has found that although globalization has created opportunities, the process of globalization has also triggered a deformed development leaving Bangladesh increasingly vulnerable to shifts and tensions within the world trading regime. Bangladesh's vulnerability, experienced as a constraining framework by all the major actors in dependent industrialization, is of particular importance to the progress both of workers and of Bangladesh's industrializing modernizers in the garment industry. This book intends to respond to three questions. First, has the garment industry been able to counteract the vulnerability that women garment workers had experienced in their villages? Second, is the formation of a welfare committee a substitute model for unions when it comes to protecting women's rights? Finally, how is a Least Developing Country dealing with both domestic and external pressures in its response to globalization? Rahman argues that in spite of the opportunities created by the growth of the garment industry, the key actors such as workers, entrepreneurs, unions, and even the government have become vulnerable in the process of the global integration of this industry. This is an ethnographic study that tells the story of the rise, growth, and demise of a Bangladeshi garment company. From a broader approach, an internal force such as the government of Bangladesh is not alone in being responsible for pushing the workers into a vulnerable position; external pressure on the state is also responsible for intensifying the vulnerability of Bangladeshi institutions and actors. Broken Promises of Globalization exposes the crisis Bangladeshi garment companies face as a result of the momentous pressures emanating from the regime of neo-liberal globalization.This ethnographic study, exploring a wide range of contemporary and recent development issues, holds particular relevance for students and scholars of sociology, political science, political economics, labor, and development studies.