Bangladeshi society is being reshaped, and the shape of its classes is changing with it. In ‘Social Classes and Social Stratification in Bangladesh’, Syed Zahir Sadeque examines the significant new trends in class structure and stratification, and the forces driving that transformation.
The volume is timely and analytical rather than descriptive: it asks intellectually demanding questions about who is rising, who is being left behind, and why. Published by Prothoma Prokashon, it is a valuable text for sociologists, students of development, and readers who want an evidence-based picture of contemporary Bangladeshi society.