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  title info:
    title: Party politics in semi-democracies
    sub title: a comparative study of Bangladesh and Malaysia
  name:
    name part: Hasan, Moyenul
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Department of Political Science
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: Gombak, Selangor
    publisher: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2016
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xiv, 120 leaves : ill. ; 30cm.
  abstract: Political parties are crucial actors in representative democracy. Bangladesh and Malaysia are two democratic countries in Asia with a common British colonial heritage. This study analyzes and compares the party systems in the two countries based on their practice of semi-democracy in contemporary politics. This study has adopted an institutional approach to analyzing party politics in Bangladesh and Malaysia. It has used qualitative data analysis involving description and explanation of important factors, characteristics and tendencies of certain political parties. Based on data collected from secondary sources the research has identified similarities and differences among the political parties in the areas of regularity in party election, decision-making process and frequency in leadership change as well as mode, issues and methods of interactions. The research has found that both Bangladesh and Malaysia have maintained vibrant party systems throughout their history, though in the case of Bangladesh party politics have experienced military constraints for about a decade. Comparatively, Malaysian political parties maintain a better profile compared to their counterparts in Bangladesh. In terms of frequency in leadership change, the three older political parties in Malaysia have relatively frequent and regular leadership changes compared to the three Bangladeshi parties which have maintained very poor record. However, with regards to decision making and party elections, the political parties in Bangladesh and Malaysia similar to each other, though the three political parties in Bangladesh are more dictatorial in decision-making and in keeping party elections at bay. Malaysian parties have the tendency of maintaining regularity in elections even though there are alleged manipulations in the process. In terms of internal party democracy, Bangladeshi parties perform poorly compared to the Malaysian ones. The level of tolerance, cooperation and coexistence is very low in…
  note: by Moyenul Hasan
  note: Thesis (MHSPS)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2016.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-120).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  classification: JF2051
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/7271
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 171221
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng