The Study of Myanmar Egress: Civil Society in Partnership with the State
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The previous studies of so-called political transition in Myanmar after 2010 widely spotlights the significant role of civil society groups. Myanmar Egress is inevitable in any study related to civil society in Myanmar and widely recognised as a group willing to work with the military regime for country change. However, the role of Myanmar Egress for the transition was unclear whether it should be understood as a civil society group or a regime’s advocate. This has created confusion about relation between civil society and the State. The present article uses the lens of Simone Chambers and Jeffrey Kopstein on the relation of Civil Society to the State to examine the role of Myanmar Egress in the particular period, pre and post 2010, and the contemporary context following the 2021 military coup. Through a qualitative research method consisting of in-depth interviews, and secondary data from published articles, this study observes the relation between a civic group like Myanmar Egress and the State toward the transition to military-sponsored democracy. The case study demonstrates that Myanmar Egress was the main actor which paved the way for political transition in 2010. Although Egress put enormous effort into regime change but as it turns out, such changes were part and parcel of military-sponsored democracy. The study examines Myanmar Egress’s relation to the state in two types: civil society in dialogue with the state; and civil society in partnership with the state.
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- เนื้อหาและข้อมูลที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
- บทความและข้อมูล ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำข้อมูลไปใช้ประโยชน์ในทางวิชาการ ขอให้อ้างอิงแหล่งที่มาด้วย
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