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Youth, community, and democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand / Chosein Yamahata, Makiko Takeda, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth movements--India.
- Youth movements.
- Youth movements--Burma.
- Youth movements--Thailand.
- Youth--India--Social conditions.
- Youth.
- Youth--Burma--Social conditions.
- Youth--Thailand--Social conditions.
- Social change--India.
- Social change.
- Social change--Burma.
- Social change--Thailand.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 502 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2025]
- Contents:
- Part I: Voices for Societal Change
- Chapter 1: Youth Movements in Authoritarian Asia: The Responsibility to Protest
- Chapter 2: Rising Up in Thailand: Youth-led Protests and State Repression since 2020
- Chapter 3: "As a Karen, I have no Leader": Youth, Conflict, and Generational Change in Hpa-An, Karen State
- Chapter 4: Discarding Objects: The Transition to a Consumer Society and the Littering Problem among the Naga, Northeast India
- Chapter 5: The Limits of Political Situation for Societal Change in Thailand
- Chapter 6: Impact of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Pressure on Agro-based Riverine System: The Lower Floodplain of Ganga, India
- Chapter 7: Ecological Democracy and Environmental Justice: Political Ecology of Disasters in India
- Chapter 8: Highland Community Development and Sustainable Opium Reduction: The Case of Northern Thailand
- Chapter 9: Financial Stability of Microfinance Institutions in the Post-Global Financial Crisis: A Case of South Asia
- Part II: Democratic Struggle and Impact
- Chapter 10: Homo Diplomaticus and the Power of Demos: The Paradox and Progress of Democratic Foreign Policy in the Cold War Thailand
- Chapter 11: What Does it Mean When Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
- Chapter 12: A Political Marathon With(out) Happy Ending: Poland's Democratization and Conclusions for Burma/Myanmar
- Chapter 13: Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and the Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar
- Chapter 14: The Career Prospects of Sadists: Attrition, Collapse, and Myanmar's Military
- Chapter 15: Myanmar: A Totalitarian State
- Chapter 16: The Ancient Origins of Democracy in India
- Chapter 17: Civil Society Organizations and Their Role in Building Democracy in Myanmar: The Case of the Kachin Women's Association Thailand
- Chapter 18: Rethinking: Foreign Aid and Democratic Dilemma.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 9789819763788
- 9819763789
- Publisher Number:
- 90103650614
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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