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- 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 Seven - Intermediaries as Trust Builders
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 focuses on the crucial issue of building trust both ways, and the need for many of the intermediaries to behave in a Janus-faced fashion. They have to play up their commitment to the funders and global actors in certain settings while then playing down their global connections in local settings where there is a distrust of foreign connections. As in the previous chapter, this illustrates that the use of intermediaries’ foreign capital is not solely to their benefit, as the value of their capital is affected by the existing distrust of foreign interests. The chapter concludes that trust building and relationship building can be seen as prerequisites for successful rule of law assistance and are the focus of much donor effort. However, because foreign actors cannot supply prior proof of trust, it is the known actors, such as intermediaries, who instead take on the role of trust builders.
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- Rule of Law IntermediariesBrokering Influence in Myanmar, pp. 158 - 177Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021