Voting in a hybrid regime : explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi election / Ali Riaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riaz, Ali, 1958- author.

Series:

Politics of South Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Awami League.

Elections--Corrupt practices--Bangladesh.

Elections.

Elections--Corrupt practices.

Bangladesh--Politics and government--1991-.

Bangladesh.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 109 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Summary:

This Pivot explores the mechanism of election manipulation in ostensibly democratic but essentially authoritarian systems called the hybrid regime, using the 2018 parliamentary elections in Bangladesh as an example. The 2018 election has delivered an unprecedented victory to the incumbent Bangladesh Awami League. Elections pose serious dilemmas for the leaders of hybrid regimes. While contested elections bolster their claims of democracy and augment their legitimacy, they can also threaten the status quo. Faced with the challenge, the incumbents tend to hold stage-managed elections. This book offers incisive examination of Bangladesh's political environment, rigorous scrutiny of the roles of state institutions including the law enforcing agencies, and meticulous analysis of election results. It also fills in a gap in the extant hybrid regime literature which seldom explores the strategies of engineered elections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9789811379550

9811379556

OCLC:

1108692990