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Democratic dawn? Civil society and elections in Myanmar 2010-2012
Abstract While the general elections in Myanmar in November 2010 were widely condemned, both
national and international actors approached the by-elections of April 2012 as a political
rite-de-passage to improve relations between the government and the opposition inside,
and between the f... mehr
While the general elections in Myanmar in November 2010 were widely condemned, both
national and international actors approached the by-elections of April 2012 as a political
rite-de-passage to improve relations between the government and the opposition inside,
and between the former pariah state and the international community outside the country.
An undercurrent to the government-led transition process from an authoritarian to
a formally more democratic regime was the development of a politically oriented civil
society that found ways to engage in the electoral process. This article describes
the emerging spaces of election-related civil society activism in the forms of civic
and voter education, national election observation, and election-related agency in
the media. Noting that, in particular, election observation offers connections for
civil society to regional and international debates, the paper draws preliminary conclusions
about further developments ahead of the general elections in Myanmar expected for
2015.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Myanmar; Medien; Wahlverhalten; Parteiensystem; Wahl; politische Partizipation; Südostasien; Berichterstattung; Wahlkampf; Beobachtung; Parlamentswahl; Demokratisierung; Zivilgesellschaft
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Methode
deskriptive Studie
Freie Schlagwörter
Burma; election observation; 1988-2012
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2012
Seitenangabe
S. 87-114
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 31 (2012) 2
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung