Book contents
- Rule of Law Intermediaries
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Rule of Law Intermediaries
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two Between Universals and Particulars: Rule of Law as a Travelling Model
- Chapter Three Intermediaries: Who, What, When?
- Chapter Four Rule of Law Assistance: Actors and Technologies
- Chapter Five The Emergence of Intermediaries
- Chapter Six Intermediaries: Background, Capital, Motivations
- Chapter Seven Intermediaries as Trust Builders
- Chapter Eight Intermediaries as Translators
- Chapter Nine Intermediaries’ Influence, Foreign Actors’ Dependence
- Appendix Overview of Research Participants
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Chapter Five - The Emergence of Intermediaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
- Rule of Law Intermediaries
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Rule of Law Intermediaries
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two Between Universals and Particulars: Rule of Law as a Travelling Model
- Chapter Three Intermediaries: Who, What, When?
- Chapter Four Rule of Law Assistance: Actors and Technologies
- Chapter Five The Emergence of Intermediaries
- Chapter Six Intermediaries: Background, Capital, Motivations
- Chapter Seven Intermediaries as Trust Builders
- Chapter Eight Intermediaries as Translators
- Chapter Nine Intermediaries’ Influence, Foreign Actors’ Dependence
- Appendix Overview of Research Participants
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Summary
This chapter provides an account of the sudden rise in demand for intermediaries in Myanmar after the opening up of the country to foreign aid and influence. It focuses on the competitive ‘market’ for rule of law intermediaries, showing how individuals have reinvented themselves as consultants, NGO leaders, and employees for international organisations and then how central are personality and linguistic ability when it comes to getting selected by foreign actors, as well as the important difference between often reluctant governmental intermediaries and those operating non-governmentally. The chapter also adds structure to the picture; these questions are significant because they reveal structural aspects of development aid as it operates in the rule of law sphere: for example, who gets to be included, who gets to exert influence, and why. The chapter concludes that intermediaries emerge because foreign development actors need the assistance of individuals who understand their aims and objectives, to navigate unfamiliar systems, and to reach out to potential counterparts as intermediaries of the rule of law.
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- Rule of Law IntermediariesBrokering Influence in Myanmar, pp. 115 - 141Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021