Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis

Political clientelism and political corruption reinforce each other. While clientelism either in traditional or modern form remains appreciated in party politics, corruption is considered anathema and anti-systemic. Yet, clientalism and corruption feature prominently in party politics of developing...

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Main Author:	Moniruzzaman, Md.
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English English
Published:	Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2018
Subjects:	JQ Political institutions Asia
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spelling	iium-674592019-06-27T07:34:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67459/ Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis Moniruzzaman, Md. JQ Political institutions Asia Political clientelism and political corruption reinforce each other. While clientelism either in traditional or modern form remains appreciated in party politics, corruption is considered anathema and anti-systemic. Yet, clientalism and corruption feature prominently in party politics of developing democracies. This largely stems from a weak legal system and strong executive dominance, resulting in clientelism and corruption within a kleptocratic-centred political economy, where a nexus of political, economic and administrative elites exploits and misappropriates already scant resources. In Bangladesh, strong party alignment and political intolerance to opponent parties create a climate of strong political clientelism, leading to rampant state-patronised corruption and misappropriation of public money. Formal and informal legal immunity then institutionalise the practice into a kleptocratic political economy. This article argues that state authorities in Bangladesh consciously patronise the nexus of elites in a kleptocratic political economy, displaying a serious lack of democratic and political accountability. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2018-10 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67459/1/67459_Clientelism%2C%20corruption%20and%20kleptocratic%20-%20book%20chapter.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67459/7/67459_Clientelism%2C%20corruption%20and%20kleptocratic%20politics_scopus.pdf Moniruzzaman, Md. (2018) Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis. In: Bangladesh: economic, political and social issues. Asian political economic and social issues . Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA, pp. 165-176. ISBN 978-1-53614-210-5 http://www.novapublishers.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=65286
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description	Political clientelism and political corruption reinforce each other. While clientelism either in traditional or modern form remains appreciated in party politics, corruption is considered anathema and anti-systemic. Yet, clientalism and corruption feature prominently in party politics of developing democracies. This largely stems from a weak legal system and strong executive dominance, resulting in clientelism and corruption within a kleptocratic-centred political economy, where a nexus of political, economic and administrative elites exploits and misappropriates already scant resources. In Bangladesh, strong party alignment and political intolerance to opponent parties create a climate of strong political clientelism, leading to rampant state-patronised corruption and misappropriation of public money. Formal and informal legal immunity then institutionalise the practice into a kleptocratic political economy. This article argues that state authorities in Bangladesh consciously patronise the nexus of elites in a kleptocratic political economy, displaying a serious lack of democratic and political accountability.
format	Book Chapter
author	Moniruzzaman, Md.
author_facet	Moniruzzaman, Md.
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title	Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis
title_short	Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis
title_full	Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis
title_fullStr	Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis
title_sort	clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in bangladesh: a political economy analysis
publisher	Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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Clientelism, corruption and kleptocratic politics in Bangladesh: a political economy analysis

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