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| Paradise lost?: state failure in Nepal A Riaz, S Basu Lexington Books, 2007 | 141 | 2007 |
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| Voting in a hybrid regime A Riaz Politics of South Asia, 2019 | 87 | 2019 |
| God Willing: The Politics and Ideology of Islamism in Bangladesh A Riaz Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and The Middle East 23 (1-2), 301-320, 2003 | 77 | 2003 |
| Traditional institutions as tools of political Islam in Bangladesh A Riaz Journal of Asian and African Studies 40 (3), 171-196, 2005 | 76 | 2005 |
| Religion and politics in South Asia A Riaz Routledge, 2010 | 72 | 2010 |
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| Political Islam and governance in Bangladesh A Riaz, CC Fair Routledge, 2011 | 68 | 2011 |
| Routledge handbook of contemporary Bangladesh A Riaz, MS Rahman Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 | 59 | 2016 |
| Madrassah education in pre-colonial and colonial South Asia A Riaz Journal of Asian and African Studies 46 (1), 69-86, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Bangladesh in 2004: The politics of vengeance and the erosion of democracy A Riaz Asian Survey 45 (1), 112-118, 2005 | 52 | 2005 |
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| The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh A Riaz Democratization 28 (1), 179-197, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| Unfolding State: The Transformation of Bangladesh Ā Rīyāja (No Title), 2005 | 45 | 2005 |
| Bangladesh's Failed Election A Riaz J. Democracy 25, 119, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
| The state-society relationship and political conflicts in Nepal (1768-2005) A Riaz, S Basu Journal of Asian and African Studies 42 (2), 123-142, 2007 | 37 | 2007 |
