Pathways of Autocratization

The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-71199-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 100 Seiten, Format (B × H): 227 mm x 144 mm, Gewicht: 238 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies

Pathways of Autocratization addresses contemporary global politics’ one of the most important questions: how does a country regress from a democracy to an autocracy?

 

This book offers a novel framework for understanding the processes that erode democracy and lead to autocracy and explains a specific instance of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh: the world’s eighth most populous country. With probing analysis of events and trends of Bangladeshi politics, especially since 2009, the book contextualizes the country’s autocratization process within global trends and compares it with others which have trod a similar path in recent decades, including Bolivia, Cambodia, Hungary, Poland, the Philippines and Turkey.  The book discusses the implications of institutional changes, the role of pliant media, the contribution of ideology, and the conduct of international actors in the autocratization process while also mapping future trajectories for the country.

 

Succinct, incisive, and thought provoking, this book is rich in its theoretical robustness and empirical details. This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of democratic backsliding and prospects for reversing this trend.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riaz, Ali

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).