Towards Legislative Institutionalisation? Emerging Patterns of Routinisation in Myanmar's Parliament
Abstract: This article investigates the patterns of parliamentary change observed in Myanmar since a constitutionally sanctioned, partially elected legislature was revived in January 2011. In particular, it poses the question as to whether processes of legislative institutionalisation have taken place in the course of the 2010s. Grounded on ethnographic work carried out between 2013 and 2018 in Myanmar's Union parliament, established in Naypyitaw, the article explores how in the two post-junta legislatures elected in 2010 and 2015 a number of institutional legacies and parliamentary procedures and functions have been both reintroduced and also reappropriated. The findings point to emerging patterns of routinisation of some legislative tasks and duties performed by neophyte lawmakers and parliamentary staff alike. It is argued that, despite persistent capacity and efficiency problems, and a continuing dominance of the executive and the armed forces in the post-junta context, a parliamentary c
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Englisch
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begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs ; 38 (2019) 3 ; 265-285
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Politik
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2019
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10.1177/1868103419892422
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023090410303380943865
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Egreteau, Renaud
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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- 2019
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