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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; civil society; Myanmar; election campaign; party system; parliamentary election; Southeast Asia; observation; democratization; election; political participation; reporting; media
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
Burma; election observation; 1988-2012
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 87-114
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 31 (2012) 2
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works