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Awami League
1949– · Bangladesh · Secular Nationalist · Held state power · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Bengali linguistic nationalism and independence legacy, secularism against Islamist parties, developmental growth.
Economic model
Garment-export-led growth, large microfinance and social safety sectors, state banking, high inequality.
Organisation of powers
Won three consecutive elections that observers described as non-competitive; opposition leaders imprisoned; removed by a mass uprising in 2024.
Reading note
Coded to the 2009–2024 period of government. A founding democratic party that arrived at single-party practice, then fell to street protest.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −02
Coded −2: garment-led growth with a large microfinance and social safety sector.
- Comparative datasetGarment exports rose from under 5 billion dollars in 2005 to over 45 billion by 2023.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −02
Coded −2: constitutional secularism alongside Islam as the state religion.
- Documented act or statuteSecularism was restored to the constitution in 2011 while the state religion clause was retained.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +08
Coded +8: three consecutive elections without meaningful competition.
- Documented act or statuteThe caretaker government system was abolished in 2011; the 2014, 2018 and 2024 elections were boycotted or uncontested in most seats.
- Documented act or statuteThe Digital Security Act was used to prosecute journalists and critics.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +06
Coded +6: a centralised unitary state with weak local government.
- Documented act or statuteThe Chittagong Hill Tracts accord of 1997 remains substantially unimplemented.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +05
Coded +5 after the v2.2 review: Bengali linguistic nationalism as constitutive.
- Documented act or statuteThe Bihari and Rohingya populations remain excluded from full citizenship decades on.
CH · Method and tempo · scored 00
Coded at zero: constitutional in method and removed by mass uprising in 2024.
- Documented act or statuteThe prime minister fled the country in August 2024 after a student-led uprising.
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