01958 a2200289 4500 20250526161932.0 250430042023GB 16 eng 9781032711997 BB Taylor & Francis GBP 51.99 BB 01 eng JP thema GTM thema 1FK bisac JP bic GTB bic 1FK bisac POL054000 bisac SOC008020 bisac 320.53095492 bisac Ali Riaz 866 Pathways of Autocratization The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics 1 Oxford Routledge 20231220 92 p 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? 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. 10548 10548