South Asia Faces the Future
Back and Forth in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard B Schaffer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 76-83 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2002.0016 |
| OpenAlex | W2026505317 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
On 1 October 2001 Bangladeshis went to the polls to elect the country's eighth postindependence National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad). In the third contested race under the democratic political system established in 1990 with the overthrow of General H.M. Ershad's authoritarian, army-led regime, voters once again turned out in large numbers after a bitter campaign marred by violence. Women, who in Muslim Bangladesh vote at separate polling stations, were prominent among them. Many waited for hours in the hot sun dressed in their best saris to mark and cast their paper ballots. Overall, some 75 percent of registered voters turned out, about the same proportion as in the last general election, which was held in 1996
Authoritarianism · Democracy · General election · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polling · Sociology · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |