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When Moral Economy Replaces the State
This essay examines how prolonged state failure and authoritarian governance in Bangladesh have transformed moral economy into a primary structure of survival, legitimacy, and power. It argues that women’s authority has not disappeared but has been recomposed into moral, financial, and digital infrastructures that sustain everyday life beyond the state.
