Ms Adeeba Khan
LLB (LSE), BVC (ICSL), MA (SOAS)
Overview
- Name:
- Ms Adeeba Khan
- Email address:
- 272110@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title:
- Democracy in the context of clientelism: the role of electoral laws in Bangladesh
- Year of Study:
- Year two
Internal Supervisors
PhD Research
My research aims to establish that voters in Bangladesh formulate preferences about candidates based on private distribution of resources (both economic and political) preferring the candidate who is willing to give them the most private gain rather than by comparing policy platforms or ideological positions. Electoral Laws in place have no mechanism to regulate this type of patronage voting – while limitations are in place in order to regulate electoral campaigning, funding, candidate selection etc, the law fails to comprehend that electioneering in patron-client societies are taking place on a private level – often on the basis of implicit promises that cannot be regulated. Current electoral frameworks expect accountability to be based on public policies, political programmes and prudent use of public resources.
PhD Conferences
Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law Conference, May 2012
