Institution Building in Myanmar
In: Asian survey, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 641-664
ISSN: 1533-838X
Myanmar has long been rigidly centralized. In 2011, however, 14 regional and state assemblies were established. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this article evaluates the performance of 10 assemblies toward the end of their initial five-year mandate. It finds little evidence of a territorial dispersal of power.