PREFACE : v
PROLOG : Political Dimensions of
Independence : Asian Leaders and the
Liberal Democratic Model of Government and
Politics ix
ONE : Ten Years of Ayub
Khan and the Problem of National Integration 1
TWO : Elite in Crisis :
The Failure of Mujib-Yahya-Bhutto Negotiations 26
THREE : Reflections on
the National Liberation Movement and Some
Post Liberation Priorities in Bangladesh 53
FOUR : Bangladesh in
1972 : Nation Building in a New State 63
FIVE : Bangladesh in
1973 : Management of Factional Politics 79
SIX : Bangladesh : Constitutional
Experimentation in the
Aftermath of Liberation 93
SEVEN : Bangabandhu and
After : Conflict and Change in Bangladesh 128
EIGHT : Members of
Parliament in Bangladesh 143
NINE : The Context of Electoral
Participation in Bangladesh : Social
Organization and Political Tradition 161
TEN : The 1973 National
Election in Bangladesh : An Analysis of
Partisanship in Two Constituencies 172
ELEVEN : The Zia Regime :
Once Again At the Starting Point 197
INDEX : 221