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Developmentalism as a Disciplinary Strategy in Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2005

ABUL HOSSAIN AHMED BHUIYAN ,
AMINUL HAQUE FARAIZI  and
JIM McALLISTER
ABUL HOSSAIN AHMED BHUIYAN
Affiliation:
Open University of Bangladesh, Dhaka
AMINUL HAQUE FARAIZI
Affiliation:
Central Queensland University, Rockhampton
JIM McALLISTER
Affiliation:
Central Queensland University, Rockhampton
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Abstract

This article focuses on the working of developmentalism as a disciplinary strategy in Bangladesh. The formation of groups or cooperatives of traditional agriculturists/peasants may be seen as the first attempt in establishing the ‘development gaze’ over the peasants of Bangladesh. An examination of various techniques used in the cooperative formation process reveals that they are clearly interventionist in nature and are based on the modernist approach to development. Development deployed in the rural villages in Bangladesh resembles the deployment that took place in European societies when what Foucault (1991a) refers to as ‘disciplinary power’ was established.

Type
Research Article
Information
Modern Asian Studies , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , May 2005 , pp. 349 - 368
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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