Social Justice and Human Development

Abstract

As the title suggests, Professor Noor‟s latest book contains some invigorating and exhaustive discussions on selected salient dimensions of Social Justice and Human Development, such as the theoretical underpinnings of societal justice and governance, the process of public administration from an Islamic perspective, the synthesis between education and human development, and the practice and reforms of the local government systems. It sets out some interesting agenda for reforming and reorganizing structure and processes of governance in the two broad and crucial areas of „social justice‟ and „rural development‟. Despite repeated attempts and the growing emphasis, ensuring social justice and good governance has, thus far, proved to be one of the most elusive goals for Bangladesh public administration and society. Professor Noor‟s long pursuit in search of the ways and means of developing an ethical, morally-laden, people-oriented, and just public administration and governance system for the country has produced a series of research articles; and the current volume represents his untiring zeal and commitment for the search.