| Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Riaz, Ali (Author) |
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ISBN: 9811379556 ISBN-13: 9789811379550 Publisher: Palgrave Pivot OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | World - Asian - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections |
| Dewey: 320.95 |
| Series: Politics of South Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.66 lbs) 109 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |