Ali Riaz (USA Illinois State University)

Pathways of Autocratization

The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses contemporary global politicsâ one of the most important questions: how does a country regress from a democracy to an autocracy, and is a must-read for understanding the dynamics of democratic backsliding.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 144mm x 227mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9781032711997
• ISBN-10: 103271199X
• Artikelnr.: 69483878

Autorenporträt

Ali Riaz is a Distinguished Professor of political science at Illinois State University, USA, a Nonresident Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council, and the President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies. He served as a Visting Scholar at the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2023) and as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at Washington D.C (2013). His research interests include democratization, violent extremism, and Bangladeshi politics. His recent publications include More than Meets the Eye (2022), Religion and Politics in South Asia (2021), Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Understanding and Explaining the Autocratization Process
2: Why Bangladesh warrants attention? 3: Bangladesh's quiet slide to autocracy: Roles of institutional changes and media
4: Bangladesh's quiet slide to autocracy: Roles of ideology and external actors
Conclusions: Is the Bangladesh case unique? What's next? Index