Economic progress that Bangladesh has made in recent times is well appreciated around the world. The extreme poverty has also significantly decreased. Yet there are socially and economically excluded groups of people for their identity, captive situation, and various other reasons. Many of these excluded groups live on the fringe of the country, deprived of equal opportunities and facing wide-ranging social, economic and political problems.
By Philip Gain, English | PBK 80 pages, 2015 | Price: Tk. 150 US$5
Lack of political protection is a common problem that the religious minorities and excluded groups face in Bangladesh where ‘Islam’ is the state religion and all people are identified as ‘Bangalees’. Besides, the ethnic conflicts between the indigenous peoples and the Bengalee settlers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have not been resolved. Explaining factualevidences, the author also stresses the actions that the state and other actors should adopt to exploreway forward and opportunities for change.
Philip Gain, the author, surveys the links between the socially and economically marginalized and excluded population and political governance in Bangladesh. The author provides a map of the excluded groups in Bangladesh and examines the factors leading to political and social exclusions.
This paper [now updated and published by Society for Environment and Human Development] was first published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors in Delhi, India in 2015 in ‘Political Institutions and Conflict: Essays from Bangladesh and India’.
By Philip GainEnglish,
PBK 80 pages, 2015
Price: Tk. 150 US$5