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Debating Democratization in Myanmar / ed. by Nick Cheesman, Nicholas Farrelly, Trevor Wilson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (396 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789814519144
  • 9789814519151
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  • 320.5409591
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS -- Part I. Foreword -- 1. Myanmar: Reforms Gathering Momentum -- Part II. Introduction -- 2. Debating Democratization in Myanmar -- 3. Myanmar's Democratic Opening: The Process and Prospect of Reform -- Part III. Encouraging Signs -- 4. Myanmar’s Parliament: From Scorn to Significance -- 5. Village Networks, Land Law, and Myanmar's Democratization -- 6. From Exile to Elections -- 7. Sidelined or Reinventing Themselves? Exiled Activists in Myanmar's Political Reforms -- 8. Understanding Recent Labour Protests in Myanmar -- Part IV. Anticipating Reforms -- 9. Myanmar Economic Update: Macro-Economy, Fiscal Reform, and Development Options -- 10. The Glass has Water: A Stock-Take of Myanmar's Economic Reforms: Exchange Rate, Financial System, Investment, and Sectoral Policies -- 11. Police Reform in Myanmar: Changes "in Essence and Appearance" -- 12. Electoral system Choice in Myanmar's Democratization Debate -- Part V. Enduring Concerns -- 13. The Continuing Political Salience of the Military in Post-SPDC Myanmar -- 14. State Terrorism and International Compliance: The Kachin Armed Struggle for Political Self-Determination -- 15. Engendering Development in Myanmar: Women's Struggle for San, Si, Sa -- Part VI. Conclusion -- 16. Democratization, Violence, and Myanmar -- List of Abbreviations -- Index
Summary: Is 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, as well as the problems of democratization; the re-engagement of democratic activists and exiles in domestic affairs; the new parliament, the electoral system, and everyday politics; prospects for the economy; ethnic cooperation, contestation and conflict; the role of the army and police forces; and conditions for women. Together they constitute an empirically deep and analytically rich source of readable and relevant material for anyone keen to obtain a greater understanding of what is happening in Myanmar today, and why.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS -- Part I. Foreword -- 1. Myanmar: Reforms Gathering Momentum -- Part II. Introduction -- 2. Debating Democratization in Myanmar -- 3. Myanmar's Democratic Opening: The Process and Prospect of Reform -- Part III. Encouraging Signs -- 4. Myanmar’s Parliament: From Scorn to Significance -- 5. Village Networks, Land Law, and Myanmar's Democratization -- 6. From Exile to Elections -- 7. Sidelined or Reinventing Themselves? Exiled Activists in Myanmar's Political Reforms -- 8. Understanding Recent Labour Protests in Myanmar -- Part IV. Anticipating Reforms -- 9. Myanmar Economic Update: Macro-Economy, Fiscal Reform, and Development Options -- 10. The Glass has Water: A Stock-Take of Myanmar's Economic Reforms: Exchange Rate, Financial System, Investment, and Sectoral Policies -- 11. Police Reform in Myanmar: Changes "in Essence and Appearance" -- 12. Electoral system Choice in Myanmar's Democratization Debate -- Part V. Enduring Concerns -- 13. The Continuing Political Salience of the Military in Post-SPDC Myanmar -- 14. State Terrorism and International Compliance: The Kachin Armed Struggle for Political Self-Determination -- 15. Engendering Development in Myanmar: Women's Struggle for San, Si, Sa -- Part VI. Conclusion -- 16. Democratization, Violence, and Myanmar -- List of Abbreviations -- Index

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Is 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, as well as the problems of democratization; the re-engagement of democratic activists and exiles in domestic affairs; the new parliament, the electoral system, and everyday politics; prospects for the economy; ethnic cooperation, contestation and conflict; the role of the army and police forces; and conditions for women. Together they constitute an empirically deep and analytically rich source of readable and relevant material for anyone keen to obtain a greater understanding of what is happening in Myanmar today, and why.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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