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Department of Government and Politics Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka Article of Asian Studies (1979 – 2014) Asian Studies, Vol: I, No. 1, 1979 Author Title of the Article M. Anisuzzaman Violence and Social Change in Bangladesh : A Nonconventional Approach T. B. Kibriaul Khaleque Leadership and Social Change Mofakhkhar Rahman Gang Politics in Bangladesh Asian Studies, Vol: II, No. 1, 1980 Author Title of the Article Anwarullah Chowdhury Emerging Leadership Pattern in Rural Bangladesh Ishtiaq Hossain The Bangladesh Crisis and the Major Powers: Some Hypotheses Mohammad Mohabbat Khan Political Parties in Bangladesh 1978: A Trend Analysis Azizul Haque Islamabad-Peking Rapprochement in the Sixties-Its Impact on the Communist Bloc and the Third World Hasan Uzzaman Bangladesh: How to Look at Politics in a Class Society-A Note Mohammad Solaiman Review Asian Studies, Vol: III, No. 1, 1981 Author Title of the Article Zillur R. Khan Thoughts on Japan’s Security Planning Emajuddin Ahamed Strategy of Growth and Rural Development in Bangladesh Robert E. Bedeski China’s Fifth National People’s Congress (March, 1978): Constitutional Turning Point? M. A. Fazal Utilisation of Water Resources and Flood Control in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan Tajul Islam Hashmi Bengal Peasantry and Politics 1885-1923 Reviews: M. Solaiman Bangladesh Politics (Emajuddin Ahamed ed.) Reviews: Ishtiaq Hossain The Crisis in South Asia: A Review Article Asian Studies, No. 4, 1982 Author Title of the Article M. H. Khan Quantitative Analysis of Asian Development: A Cluster Analytic Approach M. Kabir Infant and Child Mortality Levels in Nine Asian Countries - A Comparative View Mohammad Mohabbat Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party: Problems And Prospects Syed Anwar Hossain Superpower Naval Confrontation in the Indian Ocean, 1971-72 M. A. 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