The use of Islam as a political legitimization tool: The Bangladesh experience, 1972-1990
Focusing on Bangladesh between 1972 and 1990, the article analyses why and how the successive regimes, with weak or no political legitimacy at all, consciously used Islam as a legitimization tool. As a corollary to this, the article seeks to demonstrate that the weaker the legitimacy of a regime, th...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
1998
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Asian journal of political science
Year: 1998, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 98-117 |
Further subjects: | B
Bangladesh
B Islam B Bangladesh Religion Islam Islamization Internal policy Legitimacy Legitimation von Herrschaft B Religion B Legitimacy B Internal policy B Islamization |