Simpson, Adam.
Myanmar : Politics, Economy and Society. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (342 pages)
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Analysing a Disaster, Wrapped in a Catastrophe, Inside a Tragedy -- 2 D�ej�a Vu All Over Again: The 2021 Coup in Historical Perspective -- Part 1 Politics -- 3 Ethnic Politics: Diversity and Agency Amidst Persistent Violence -- 4 The Military: Institution and Politics -- 5 Land and Law Between Reform and Revolution -- 6 Democracy and Human Rights under Military Rule: Three Iterations of Myanmar's National Security State -- 7 Foreign and Diplomatic (Dis)Engagement: Military Priorities, Strategic Realities, and Contested Legitimacies -- Part 2 Economy -- 8 Political Regimes and Economic Policy: Isolation, Consolidation, Reintegration and Rupture -- 9 Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods: Incipient Progress Aborted -- 10 Natural Resource Governance and the Environment: Unconstrained Exploitation Under Authoritarianism -- 11 Industrial Policy and Special Economic Zones: Engaging Transformation in a Globalised World -- Part 3 Society -- 12 Art and Heritage: Creating and Preserving Cultural Histories -- 13 Public Health: State and Non-State Systems in a Changing Society -- 14 Education: Reforms Undone -- 15 Women in Myanmar: Change and Continuity -- 16 Myanmar's Contested Borderlands: Centre-Periphery Power Relations and Fragmented Sovereignty -- 17 Ethnicity, Culture and Religion: Centralisation, Burmanisation and Social Transformation -- 18 Journalism and Free Speech: Freedom and Fear -- 19 Myanmar's Complex and Intersecting Crises: Pathways to Accountability and International Justice -- Index.
This new edition provides a sophisticated overview of the key political, economic and social challenges facing contemporary Myanmar. It will be of interest to scholars of SEA politics, economics and society.
9781003802518
Electronic books.
959.105/3
Myanmar : Politics, Economy and Society. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (342 pages)
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Analysing a Disaster, Wrapped in a Catastrophe, Inside a Tragedy -- 2 D�ej�a Vu All Over Again: The 2021 Coup in Historical Perspective -- Part 1 Politics -- 3 Ethnic Politics: Diversity and Agency Amidst Persistent Violence -- 4 The Military: Institution and Politics -- 5 Land and Law Between Reform and Revolution -- 6 Democracy and Human Rights under Military Rule: Three Iterations of Myanmar's National Security State -- 7 Foreign and Diplomatic (Dis)Engagement: Military Priorities, Strategic Realities, and Contested Legitimacies -- Part 2 Economy -- 8 Political Regimes and Economic Policy: Isolation, Consolidation, Reintegration and Rupture -- 9 Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods: Incipient Progress Aborted -- 10 Natural Resource Governance and the Environment: Unconstrained Exploitation Under Authoritarianism -- 11 Industrial Policy and Special Economic Zones: Engaging Transformation in a Globalised World -- Part 3 Society -- 12 Art and Heritage: Creating and Preserving Cultural Histories -- 13 Public Health: State and Non-State Systems in a Changing Society -- 14 Education: Reforms Undone -- 15 Women in Myanmar: Change and Continuity -- 16 Myanmar's Contested Borderlands: Centre-Periphery Power Relations and Fragmented Sovereignty -- 17 Ethnicity, Culture and Religion: Centralisation, Burmanisation and Social Transformation -- 18 Journalism and Free Speech: Freedom and Fear -- 19 Myanmar's Complex and Intersecting Crises: Pathways to Accountability and International Justice -- Index.
This new edition provides a sophisticated overview of the key political, economic and social challenges facing contemporary Myanmar. It will be of interest to scholars of SEA politics, economics and society.
9781003802518
Electronic books.
959.105/3