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1 online resource (395 pages) |
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Myanmar update series |
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Myanmar update series.
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| Contents |
Table of Contents; I: Foreword; 1. Myanmar Reforms Gathering Momentum by Winston Set Aung; II: Introduction; 2. Debating Democratization in Myanmar by Trevor Wilson; 3. Myanmar's Democratic Opening: The Process and Prospect of Reformn by Morten B. Pedersen; III: Encouraging Signs; 4. Myanmar 's Parliament: From Scorn to Significanceby Thomas Kean; 5. village Networks, Land Law, and Myanmar's Democratization by Tamas Wells and Kyaw Thu Aung; 6. Fom Exile to Elections by Than Than Nu; 7. Sidelined or Reinventing Themselves? Exiled Activists in Myanmar's Political Reforms by Kerstin Duell |
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8. Understanding Recent Labour Protests in Myanmar by Kyaw Soe LwinIV: Anticipating Reforms; 9. Myanmar Economic Update: Macro-economy, Fiscal Reform, and Development Options by Anders Engvall and Soe Nandar Linn; 10. The Glass Has Water: A Stocktake of Myanmar's Economic Reforms: Exchange Rate, Financial System, Investment, and Sectoral Policies by Sean Turnell; 11. Police Reform in Myanmar: Changes ""In Essence and Appearance"" by Andrew Selth; 12. Electoral System Choice in Myanmar's Democratization Debate by Kyle Lemargie, Andrew Reynolds, Peter Erben, and David Ennis |
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V: Enduring Concerns13. The Continuing Political Salience of the Military in Post-SPDC Myanmar by Renaud Egreteau; 14. State Terrorism and International Compliance: The Kachin Armed Struggle for Political Self-Determination by Seng Maw Lahpai; 15. Engendering Development in Myanmar: Women's Struggle for San, Si, Sa by Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi; VI: Conclusion; 16. Democratization, Violence and Myanmar by Nick Cheesman; List of Abbreviations; Index |
| Summary |
S Myanmar (Burma) democratizing, or is it moving towards a new form of authoritarianism, perhaps one more consonant with other contemporary authoritarian regimes in Asia?Coming at a critical time, and one of growing interest in this Southeast Asian country among researchers and policy-makers, Debating Democratization in Myanmar addresses this complex question from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives. Chapters by leading international scholars and practitioners, activists and politicians from Myanmar and around the world cover political and economic updates |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Democratization -- Burma -- Congresses
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Social conflict -- Burma -- Congresses
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Democratization
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Social conflict
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Burma
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cheesman, Nick, editor.
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Farrelly, Nicholas, 1982- editor.
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Wilson, Trevor, 1943- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789814519151 |
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9814519154 |
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9814519138 |
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9789814519137 |
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9814519146 |
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9789814519144 |
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