This article examines From Liberation Movement to Ruling Party: SPLM's Ideological Drift and Governance Failure: A Feminist Political Economy Approach with a focused emphasis on Gambia within the field of Political Science. It is structured as a comparative study that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.