Myanmar transformed? : people, places and politics / edited by Justine Chambers [and three others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Chambers, Justine, editor.

Australian National University, host institution.

Conference Name:

Myanmar/Burma Update Conference (2017 : Canberra, A.C.T.)

Myanmar Update Conference (2017 : Canberra, Australia), author.

Series:

Myanmar update series.

Myanmar update series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burma--Politics and government--21st century.

Burma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 333 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The triumph of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy at the 2015 election was supposed to mark the consolidation of a reformist trajectory for Myanmar society. What has followed has not proved so straightforward. This book takes stock of the mutations, continuities and fractures at the heart of today's political and economic transformations. We ask: What has changed under a democratically elected government? Where are the obstacles to reform? And is there scope to foster a more prosperous and inclusive Myanmar? With the peace process faltering, over 1 million people displaced by recent violence, and ongoing army dominance in key areas of decision-making, the chapters in this volume identify areas of possible reform within the constraints of Myanmar's hybrid civil-military governance arrangements. This latest volume in the Myanmar Update Series from the Australian National University continues a long tradition of intense, critical engagement with political, economic and social questions in one of Southeast Asia's most complicated countries. At a time of great uncertainty and anxiety, the 13 chapters of Myanmar Transformed? offer new and alternative ways to understand Myanmar and its people.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Contributors and Editors

Part I. Introduction

1. Myanmar Transformed? / Chambers, Justine / McCarthy, Gerard

Part II. People

2. Documenting Social and Economic Transformation in Myanmar's Rural Communities / Pursch, Samuel / Woodhouse, Andrea / Woolcock, Michael / Zurstrassen, Matthew

3. Social Protection in Myanmar: A Key Mechanism for Political Legitimacy? / Mangshang, Yaw Bawm / Griffiths, Mike

4. Health Service Delivery and Peacebuilding in Southeast Myanmar / Thura, Si / Schroeder, Tim

Part III. Places

5. Myanmar's Rural Revolution: Mechanization and Structural Transformation / Win, Myat Thida / Belton, Ben / Zhang, Xiaobo

6. Change and Continuity: Capacity, Coordination and Natural Resources in Myanmar's Periphery / Gabusi, Giuseppe

7. Advocacy Organizations and Special Economic Zones in Myanmar / Maung, Pyae Phyo / Wells, Tamas

8. Explaining Naypyitaw under the National League for Democracy / Farrelly, Nicholas

Part IV. Politics

9. Partnership in Politics: The Tatmadaw and the NLD in Myanmar since 2016 / Myoe, Maung Aung

10. From Ceasefire to Dialogue: The Problem of "All-Inclusiveness" in Myanmar's Stalled Peace Process / Latt, Lwin Cho / Hillman, Ben / Aung, Marlar / Myint, Khin Sanda

11. Securitization of the Rohingya in Myanmar / Win, Kyaw Zeyar

12. Forming an Inclusive National Identity in Myanmar: Voices of Mon People / Medail, Cecile

Part V. Epilogue

13. Reflections on Myanmar Under the NLD so far / Walton, Matthew

Abbreviations and Key Terms

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Feb 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814818551

9814818550

OCLC:

1078732252