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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Elections, Democracy, and Geopolitics: The Enduring Dilemmas in Pakistan.- Chapter 2: From Guided to Patronage to Clientele to Vigilante Democracy: Cross-Currents of Islamization, Dynasticism, and Hope in Contemporary Indonesia.- Chapter 3: The Fall of Democracy: Subversion of the Electoral Process and the Rise of the Military in Myanmar: Retrospecting the legacy of U Nu and Ne Win.- Chapter 4: Decoding democracy and electoral politics in India: Between empowerment, entitlement and the politics of populism.- Chapter 5: Democracy in Malaysia: Electoral Politics in a Polarising State.- Chapter 6: Electoral Dynamics in Bangladesh: From Independence to Democratic Chaos (1971–2024).- Chapter 7: Electoral politics in the Maldives amid shifting Asian geopolitics.- Chapter 8: Nepal’s Democratic Transition: Electoral Reforms, Majoritarianism and Geopolitics.- Chapter 9: Elections in Sri Lanka: Identity, Systems, and Geopolitics.- Chapter 10: Elections in Uzbekistan: Steady Transformation in Slow Motion.- Chapter 11: Dance of democracy in the Himalayan kingdom – The 2024 elections in Bhutan.- Chapter 12: Elections as anchor for survival of Taiwanese Power elite.- Chapter 13: Symbolism, Rhetoric, and Elections: Decoding the Turkish Political Landscape.- Chapter 14: Deconstructing Electoral Democracy: Israel as a Case Study.
