Debating Democratization in Myanmar

Debating Democratization in Myanmar

Nick Cheesman ; Nicholas Farrelly ; Trevor Wilson

Format: Print Book

ISBN: 9789814519144

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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.

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Preliminary pages
PART I: FOREWORD
PART II: INTRODUCTION
2. Debating Democratization in Myanmar
3. Myanmar's Democratic Opening: The Process and Prospect of Reform
PART III: ENCOURAGING SIGNS
4. Myanmars 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 Stocktake 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

Subjects:Political Ideologies / Democracy

Number of Pages: 381

Imprint:

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Publication Date: 41743

Format: HB


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