A Nations Aspirations: The July Uprising 2024 (Hardcover)

The book is an initiative from the Faculty of Securityand Strategic Studiesof Bangladesh University of Professionals, published with the aim of documenting and critically understanding the July Uprising2024 through the eyes of a newgeneration. It traces how a quota-focused student protest rapidlytransformed into a Gen Z-led nationwide movement challenging authoritarianism, systemic injustice, and state violencein Bangladesh. Placingthe uprising in conversation with otheryouth-led revolts in Nepal, Kenya, Madagascar and beyond, the book shows that Bangladeshi youth are part of a wider globalwave reshaping the language of democracy, protest,and citizenship. Drawingon rich qualitative analysisof media reports, legal documents, eyewitness accounts, and symbolic practices such as graffiti, it unpacks the stages of theconflict, the roleof digital and street repertoires, and the dramatic collapse of a long-standing regime.