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Narrating Democracy in Myanmar : The Struggle Between Activists, Democratic Leaders and Aid Workers / Tamas Wells.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Global Asia ; 12Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789048553792
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.9591 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elucidating the meaning of democracy through narrative -- 3. Toward the ‘Ocean of Democracy’? -- 4 Burma after independence -- 5. A liberal narrative -- 6. A benevolence narrative -- 7. An equality narrative -- 8. Exposing the political use of narratives -- 9. Beyond an ‘ideal type’ -- 10. Playing different games -- Index
Summary: This book analyses what Myanmar's struggle for democracy has signified to Burmese activists and democratic leaders, and to their international allies. In doing so, it explores how understanding contested meanings of democracy helps make sense of the country's tortuous path since Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won historic elections in 2015. Using Burmese and English language sources, Narrating Democracy in Myanmar reveals how the country's ongoing struggles for democracy exist not only in opposition to Burmese military elites, but also within networks of local activists and democratic leaders, and international aid workers.

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elucidating the meaning of democracy through narrative -- 3. Toward the ‘Ocean of Democracy’? -- 4 Burma after independence -- 5. A liberal narrative -- 6. A benevolence narrative -- 7. An equality narrative -- 8. Exposing the political use of narratives -- 9. Beyond an ‘ideal type’ -- 10. Playing different games -- Index

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This book analyses what Myanmar's struggle for democracy has signified to Burmese activists and democratic leaders, and to their international allies. In doing so, it explores how understanding contested meanings of democracy helps make sense of the country's tortuous path since Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won historic elections in 2015. Using Burmese and English language sources, Narrating Democracy in Myanmar reveals how the country's ongoing struggles for democracy exist not only in opposition to Burmese military elites, but also within networks of local activists and democratic leaders, and international aid workers.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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