Pathways of Autocratization - The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: Ali (Illinois State University Riaz, Riaz Ali
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032712017
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271201-7
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Indian sub-continent, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies