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Dynastic Politics |
13 Feb 2008 |
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 The female-led dynasties that run South and South East Asia
When Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at the end of 2007, there seemed little question that her successor, at the head of Pakistan’s largest political party – the PPP, would not be a Bhutto. Pakistan is not the only country in South, or South East Asia whose politics have been dominated by a single or a small group of families. And it is often women who come to the fore in these families, from the Gandhis in India, to the Bandaranaikes in Sri Lanka, and the Aquinos in the Philippines.
But why is it that women have so often come to lead their families, political parties and countries in this part of the world? And with former first lady Hillary Clinton’s making her bid for the US presidency are we seeing dynastic politics taking hold in the West? Jenni talks to Haleh Afshar, Professor of Politics and Women’s Studies at the University of York and to Dr Marie Lall, Associate Fellow with the Asia Programme at Chatham House, the international affairs think tank in London. |
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