TY  - BOOK
ED  - Simpson, Adam
ED  - Farrelly, Nicholas
ED  - Holliday, Ian
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - Routledge handbook of contemporary Myanmar
T3  - Routledge handbooks
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - London
KW  - Regionalforschung
KW  - Systemtransformation
KW  - Innenpolitik
KW  - Politisches System
KW  - Gesellschaft
KW  - Kultur
KW  - Kulturpolitik
KW  - Lebensbedingungen
KW  - Internationale Politik
KW  - Situation
KW  - Aktualität
KW  - Entwicklung
KW  - Tendenz
KW  - Burma
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Myanmar
AB  - "After decades of mismanagement and direct military rule, Myanmar's contested transition to a more democratic government has rapidly shifted the outlook in this significant Southeast Asian nation. Since 2011, the removal of Western sanctions and new foreign investments have resulted in high rates of economic growth and an expanding middle class, albeit from a very low base. In a result unthinkable a few years earlier, former political prisoner and Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), formed a national government in early 2016. However, despite significant political and economic reforms since the liberalisation process commenced, the transition to civilian rule remains constrained by the military's 2008 Constitution, which guarantees that it operates unfettered by civilian oversight. As a result, although some ethnic conflicts have abated, others continue to fester while new conflicts have erupted. With a daunting task ahead the NLD government has made some progress in removing the vestiges of repressive military-era laws but many remain untouched and some of the practices of the new government provide unwelcome reminders of its authoritarian history. This timely Handbook describes the political, economic, cultural and strategic dimensions of this crucial period of transition in Myanmar life. It presents explanations for contradictory trends, including those that defy some of the early narratives about the comprehensive transformation of Myanmar life. The Handbook also considers the impact of major environmental, strategic, demographic and cultural trends which help in understanding that Myanmar's development will be an ongoing task"--
SN  - 9781138820777
LA  - English
N1  - edited by Adam Simpson, Nicholas Farrelly and Ian Holliday
ID  - 1631772597
ER  -