Contents

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Volume 5. Number 1. January 2008.

Note from the Editor

The Psychology of Participatory Democracy S.O. Adebayo and A.J. Ogunleye

and the Personality Profile of the Nigerian Politicians

Power in Social Organization: A Sociological Review Md. Saidul Islam

Corruption by Example: Legalizing the Illegal Olufayo Olu-Olu

as a Means of Survival in Modern Nigeria

Rapid Urban Growth and Poverty in Dhaka City Shahadat Hossain

Does the Internet Make People Socially Isolated? Manouchehr Mohseni,

A Social Network Approach Behzad Dowran

Mohammad Hadi Sohrabi

Haghighat

Perceived Sex Role and Fear of Success: A Study Philip O.Sijuwade

of Urban Working Women in Nigeria

Volume 4 Number 2. January 2007.

Note from the Editor

Market-State-Civil Society Relations and Development in Masudur Rahman

Post-Independent Bangladesh: Some Theoretical Reflections

Restoring the Credibility of Bangladesh Public Service Md. Rezaul Karim

Commission: Major Challenges and Policy Recommendations

Effect of Leadership Style on Job-Related Tension and Bunmi Omolayo

Psychological Sense of Community in Work Organizations:

A Case Study of Four Organizations in Lagos State, Nigeria

Non-Work Factors and Labour Turnover among Female Muhammad Sani Umar

Employees in Kebbi State Civil service and Usman Ahmad Karofi

Impact of Cultural Globalization on the Upper Class Dilara Zahid

Youth in Dhaka City: A Sample Study

Consensual Poverty in Britain, Sweden and Bangladesh: A. I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed

A Comparative Study

Volume 4. Number 1. January 20

Note from the Editor

Science and Religion: The Quest for Knowledge and Shahid M. Shahidullah

Certainty in the Postmodern Era [The Cases of

Medicine and Psychiarty]

Unmasking Children’s Reading Ability: Context US Society Mahmuda Khatun

Monetary Reward: A Predictor of Employees’ Bunmi Omolayo

Commitment to Medium Scale Organizations in Nigeria and A.B. Owolabi

The Nature of Political Empowerment and Gender in Local Farhana Zaman

Governance: A Comparative Study of Dhaka City

Corporation and Narayanganj Municipality

Emergence of Satellite Television and Enigmatic Zeenat Huda Wahid

Geo-political Strategy of Bangladesh government

Book Reviews

Political Economy of land Litigation in Bangladesh S. Aminul Islam

Election under a Caretaker Government S. Aminul Islam

Volume 3. Number 2. July 2006

Note from the Editor

The Predicament of Democratic Consolidation in Bangladesh S. Aminul Islam

Cultural Diversity, Religious Syncretism and People of India:

An Anthropological Interpretation N.K.Das

Female Criminality in Nigeria: A Historic Review Comfort O. Chukuezi

The interrelationship between Poverty, Environment and Mahbuba Nasreen

Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: An Overview K..Mokaddem and

Debasish K. Kundu

Home Delivery Practices in Rural Bangladesh: A Case of Monirul I. Khan

Passive Violence to the Women Khaleda Islam

Book Review

End of Sociological Theory and Other Essays on

Theory and Methodology S. Aminul Islam

Volume 3. Number 1. January 2006

Policy Making and Policy Deficit: Role of the Sociologists Bipul Kumar Bhadra

Reproductive Health Issues Among Adolescents in Nigeria Tinuola Femi Rufus

A Note on Multidimensional Study of Social Integration Swati Sadhu and

in a Rural Society Kumar Chattopadhyay

Globalisation and Crime Usman Ahmad Karofi and

Jason Mwanza

Research Note

Factors Affecting Students’ Performance Syed Tahir Hijazi

A Case of Private Colleges S.M.M. Raza Naqvi

Volume 2. Number 2. July 2005

Towards a Theory of the Intellectuals and their Political Nazrul Islam

Ideology in the Post-Soviet Global Society.

Constructing a Global Ghetto: Racism, the West, M Asadi

& the "Third World".

Long-term Camp Life and Changing Identities of Abhijit Dasgupta

Sri Lankan Women Refugees in India.

Socio-spatial Differentials of Political Behaviour of the Shahadat Hossain

Urban Poor in Bangladesh.

Drug Abuse and Criminal Behaviour In Penang, Malaysia: Usman Ahmad Karofi

A Multivariate Analysis.

Volume 2. Number 1. January 2005

Special Issue: Exploring the Sociological Perspective on Poverty

Sociology of Poverty: Quest for a new Horizon S. Aminul Islam

Challenges in Constructing the Sociological Concept

of Poverty. Monirul Islam Khan

The Politics of Poverty David Everatt

World Bank Data of Poverty and

Poverty of World Bank Data Nazrul Islam

Poverty, Household Strategies and Coping with Urban Life:

Examining "Livelihood Framework" in Dhaka City, Bangladesh Shahadat Hossain

Other Papers

Expectations as Limitations: Sociology's Challenges

in Development Studies Malin Arvidson

Book Review

Shifting Paradigms of Development Nazrul Islam

Volume 1. Number 2. July 2004

Note From the Editor

Sociology in the 21st Century: Facing a Dead End. - Nazrul Islam

Glocalization as Globalization:

Evolution of a Sociological Concept. - Habibul Haque Khondker

Disaster Approach:

Exploring the Sociological Approach to Disaster in Bangladesh. - Mahbuba Nasreen

Overcoming Poverty in Bangladesh: Search for a New Paradigm. - S. Aminul Islam

Socio-demographic Correlates of Rural Poverty in Bangladesh:

A case study of Gaibandha Sadar and Tanore Upazillas A. I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed

Review Essay

Exploring Governance in South Asian Mega Cities:

A Review Essay. - S. Aminul Islam

Books Received.

Volume 1. Number 1. January 2004

Special Issue: Patrimonialism, Culture and Religion: A Reexamination of Max Weber

Note from the Editor

From Academic Outsider to Sociological Mastermind:

The Fashioning of the Sociological “Classic” Max Weber. - Dirk Kaesler

Patrimonialism and Urban Development: A Reexamination of

Max Weber’s Theories of the City. - Rangalal Sen

Weber’s Perspective on the City and Culture:

Contemporary Urbanization and Bangladesh. - A. I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed

Max Weber’s Sociology of Islam: A Critique. - Syed Anwar Husain

Protestant Ethic and the Not-So-Sociology of World Religions. - Nazrul Islam