Md. Bakthear Uddin
Md Bakthear Uddin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Keywords: Political parties, families, leadership recruitment, minor parties, dynastic leadership
Abstract
Political dynasties play an important role in several modern states. There has been a remarkable increase in the role of families in political parties and politics not only in Bangladesh but also in the whole world. No country in South Asia is immune from the dominance of families in politics. Bangladesh is not an exception in this regard. More or less, each and every political party has a dynastic leadership. Families play a role in leadership recruitment not only in the major parties but also in the minor ones in Bangladesh. This paper assesses the role of families in leadership recruitment in the minor parties in Bangladesh. An attempt has been made here to give a description of recruitment of leaders of some minor parties in Bangladesh from the members of the families of the powerful leaders of those parties. This paper claims that control by families of most minor parties has its material, psychological, and anthropological roots as these parties are primarily an extended clan of the principal leader of these parties.
First Published
September 25, 2022
How to Cite
Md. Bakthear Uddin, “Families and Political Recruitment in Minor Political Parties in Bangladesh,” Regional Studies 38, no.3 (Autumn 2020): 3-25, https://regionalstudies.com.pk/wp/article/families-and-political-recruitment-in-minor-political-parties-in-bangladesh/
Issue
Volume 38, Issue 3