Academic Journal
Liberalism and illiberalism in Myanmar’s National League for Democracy
| العنوان: | Liberalism and illiberalism in Myanmar’s National League for Democracy |
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| المؤلفون: | David, Roman, Myat, Aung Kaung, Holliday, Ian |
| المساهمون: | Lingnan University, Hong Kong Research Grant Council |
| المصدر: | Party Politics ; ISSN 1354-0688 1460-3683 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| الوصف: | The National League for Democracy (NLD) was largely synonymous with Myanmar’s semi-democratic intermezzo in 2016–21. For 2 years after the military coup in 2021, it resumed the role of major opposition party performed from 1988 to 2015. Although it was dissolved by the military junta in 2023, it remains a dominant political force inside the country. This article examines the commitment of NLD leaders and voters to liberal agendas. It reviews existing literature, draws on our dataset of Facebook posts by NLD members of parliament, analyses our 2017 survey, and triangulates it with 2020 World Values Survey data. It argues that the NLD was a relatively liberal force in Myanmar’s democratisation in the 2010s, though its liberal commitments were coupled with rising illiberal values. It is thus possible that even if the NLD were reconstituted and re-elected under a future democratic settlement, that democracy would not be liberal. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13540688231205533 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688231205533 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13540688231205533 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/13540688231205533 |
| Rights: | https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.7BE98073 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13540688231205533 |
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