01227pab a2200169 454500 180718b2004 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Sobhan, Rehman Structural dimensions of malgovernance in Bangladesh 2004 p.4101-108. 4 Sep This paper attempts to trace the roots of the governance problem in Bangladesh to the structural features of its polity. These features include the existing politics of confrontation, weaknesses in the practice of parliamentary democracy, the malfunctioning of political parties, the role of money and muscle power in politics, and the rent-seeking collusion among the political parties, state machinery and vested commercial interests. Efforts for improving governance must be directed towards persuading political parties of the advantages of reforms in the existing political institutions. The paper also advocates civic actions in creating widespread awareness of the benefits of better governance, thus raising the political costs of malfeasant governance. - Reproduced. Public administration - Bangladesh Public administration Economic and Political Weekly 62335 62335 62335 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 39, Issue no: 36 AR62785 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR