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Three Faces of Party Organisation in the National League for Democracy

[journal article]

Roewer, Richard

Abstract

The National League for Democracy (NLD) is a decisive actor in Myanmar's ongoing political transformation process and yet a clear understanding of its structure is absent from the discourse on the party. This article analyses the NLD based on Richard Katz's and Peter Mair's "three faces of party org... view more

The National League for Democracy (NLD) is a decisive actor in Myanmar's ongoing political transformation process and yet a clear understanding of its structure is absent from the discourse on the party. This article analyses the NLD based on Richard Katz's and Peter Mair's "three faces of party organisation." It examines the relationship between the NLD in public office, the NLD on the ground, and the NLD central office. The findings characterise the NLD as a highly centralised party in which most decision-making power is concentrated at the party’s central office. Select layers of the party's network retain the power to influence important decisions, such as the nomination of candidates for elections. Yet, their ability to do so is due to the lack of rules and regulations. This article argues that the structure of the NLD is the product of the dynamics that governed the formation and development of the party under authoritarian rule. Fears of a partial authoritarian resurgence at the hands of Myanmar's armed forces (Tatmadaw) and the perception that its authoritarian structures constitute a competitive advantage within Myanmar's hybrid regime inform the NLD's decision to refrain from reforming and democratising its structure. Yet, leaving the party's structure unchanged stands to negatively impact the party's political profile and its role in Myanmar's political transformation process. In the long term, it might endanger the party's stability and contravene the party's political principles. The article draws on interviews with NLD politicians conducted during an extensive research stay in Myanmar from 2018 to 2019.... view less

Keywords
political system; constitution; party; Myanmar; system change; organizations; intraparty democracy; Southeast Asia

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Document language
English

Publication Year
2020

Page/Pages
p. 286-306

Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 38 (2020) 3

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1868103419898913

ISSN
1868-4882

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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