Voting in a Hybrid Regime

Ali Riaz is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University, USA. He also holds the Thomas E Eimermann Professorship. Riaz previously worked as a Broadcast Journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London and served as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at Washington D.C. His publications include Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence (2016).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. What is a Hybrid Regime?.- 3. Bangladesh: From an Electoral Democracy to a Hybrid Regime (1991-2019).- 4. Manufacturing a Climate of Fear.- 5. Does Election Matter in a Hybrid Regime?.- 6. The Mechanism of Manipulation.- 7. The Election Day: Fear, Exclusion and Persecution Come Together.- 8. Election Results: A Victory Too Big to Believe?.- 9. Mutation of a Hybrid regime and Quo Vadis Bangladesh.