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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Khan, A. |
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Power, patronage, and the candidate-nomination process: observations from Bangladesh |
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Modern Asian Studies |
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54(1), Jan, 2020: p. 314-336 |
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In this article, by studying the candidate-nomination process of the two major political parties, I show how power is distributed within the political party in Bangladesh. I show that the general acceptance by scholars that political power lies in the hands of the innermost circle of the political-party leadership in Bangladesh is too simplistic. A more nuanced observation of power and influence within the party structure shows that, in the context of Bangladesh's clientelistic political system, which is based on reciprocity between patrons and clients and relies on the ability of middlemen to organize and mobilize (in order to disrupt through hartals and strikes), power is often in the hands of those mid-level leaders who are in charge of mobilizing because their demands cannot be ignored by the topmost leadership. Through studying the candidate-nomination process of the major political parties and using the Narayanganj mayoral election of 2011 as a case study, I answer questions such as whose interests political parties are representing, what channels of influence are being used, and why these channels exist. - Reproduced |
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Modern Asian Studies |
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ELECTIONS - BANGLADESH |
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