Discipline, Development, and Duress: The Art of Winning an Election in Bangladesh

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Critical Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI:10.1080/14672715.2023.2229363

M. Maîtrot, David Jackman

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ABSTRACT Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League Party has now won three consecutive general elections, an unprecedented achievement in the country’s political history. The 2014 and 2018 elections were, however, mired in controversy. Current analyses of the most recent of these center on the institutional and coercive tactics used by the Awami League to limit the political opposition. International media outlets have focused on allegations of vote rigging and intimidation. This article develops a deeper analysis of the Awami League victory, focusing on two city constituencies, both of which are traditional strongholds of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Based on research before and after the 2018 election, it shows that managing party discipline enabled a coherence in the election not achievable by the opposition. The Awami League has, furthermore, successfully built a narrative around development achievements in the country and its vision for the future, both of which have had genuine traction with the public. The 2018 election revealed three pillars of the Awami League’s success: discipline, development, and duress.

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纪律、发展与胁迫:孟加拉赢得选举的艺术

孟加拉国执政党人民联盟党连续三次赢得大选，这是该国政治史上前所未有的成就。然而，2014年和2018年的选举却陷入了争议。目前对最近这些事件的分析集中在人民联盟(Awami League)用来限制政治反对派的制度性和强制性策略上。国际媒体关注的焦点是对选举舞弊和恐吓的指控。本文对人民联盟的胜利进行了更深入的分析，重点关注两个城市选区，这两个选区都是反对党孟加拉国民族主义党的传统据点。基于2018年大选前后的研究，该研究表明，管理党的纪律能够在选举中实现反对派无法实现的一致性。此外，人民联盟成功地围绕该国的发展成就及其对未来的愿景建立了一种叙述，这两者都对公众产生了真正的吸引力。2018年的选举揭示了人民联盟成功的三大支柱:纪律、发展和胁迫。

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期刊介绍： Critical Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that welcomes unsolicited essays, reviews, translations, interviews, photo essays, and letters about Asia and the Pacific, particularly those that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves. Published now by Routledge Journals, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, Critical Asian Studies remains true to the mission that was articulated for the journal in 1967 by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.