Boundary Making in Myanmar's Electoral Process
Where elections do not take place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3624344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Lidauer (0000-0003-3132-4449, Film Independent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 533-566 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x20000335 |
| OpenAlex | W3119559824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
The 2015 general elections were considered a hallmark of Myanmar's transition from an authoritarian regime towards a new form of government. However, the elections did not take place in all parts of the country, and significant portions of the population were excluded from the vote, including voters in areas of contested sovereignty, those who experienced displacement by conflict, and the Rohingya. Against the background of the regulatory framework for elections in Myanmar and its electoral system, this article looks first into a particular understudied element of the electoral process-the cancellation or postponement of elections in areas affected by conflict, which is little understood by voters, election administrators, and outside observers. Second, the article examines the conditions necessary for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to participate in elections. Third, the article recapitulates the gradual legal disenfranchisement of voters and candidates who self-identified as Rohingya, which preceded their mass exodus to Bangladesh in 2017. While in 2015 all these processes of exclusion were arguably of lesser priority for the election administration, which facilitated the first credible Myanmar election in decades, they have not altered significantly since and will affect the electoral participation of disadvantaged communities again in the future
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Development economics · Disadvantaged · Economics · General election · Government (linguistics · Internally displaced person · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Sovereignty · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law
Elections in Dangerous Places
Postconflict Elections, Democratization, and International Assistance
Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies
Peacebuilding through the Electoral Participation of Displaced Populations
Conflict in Myanmar
Myanmar's Electoral System
Post-conflict elections and the process of demilitarizing politics
The predicament of elections in war-torn societies
On Democratization and Peacebuilding
"Hybrid Governance" and the Politics of Legitimacy in the Myanmar Peace Process
Theorizing Borders
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |