Pathways of Autocratization

ISBN-13: 9781032711997 / Twarda / 2023 / 112 str.

USA) Riaz Ali (Illinois State University

Opis

This book addresses contemporary global politics’ 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).