Understanding Reform in Myanmar: People and Society in the Wake of Military Rule - Couverture souple

Lall, Marie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849045801 ISBN 13 : 9781849045803

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Marie Lall's book seeks to uncover and explain the recent political and economic reforms implemented in post-military Myanmar, focusing on key turning-points that ushered in the current transformation program, particularly those affecting education, NGOs and social justice.

She maps the main reform priorities, explaining how they are interconnected, and what has been achieved, in the first tentative steps towards 'democratization', under the umbrella of President Thein Sein's controlled but more inclusive governance. Beyond the building site that is now Yangon, burgeoning urban car ownership and ubiquitous mobile phone use, there remains a widening gap, sharpened by inflation, between rural and urban Myanmar, at social, economic and political levels. Peasants are losing their livelihoods to development schemes that are being created to bring in foreign investment, and social justice is largely absent from the country's reform agenda.

While the country has changed significantly, has the West been gulled into mistaking 'discipline-flourishing democracy' for true participatory democracy? Will the hopes of Aung San Suu Kyi coming to power in Yangon at the head of the NLD through an open and fair ballot ever be realized? These and other questions are scrutinized in this shrewd analysis of post-military Myanmar.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marie Lall has spent many years teaching and researching in Myanmar. She is Professor of Education and South Asian Studies at UCL Institute of Education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849045801
• ISBN 13: 9781849045803
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Easy Access System Europe Oü, 16879218; gpsr.requests@easproject.com; ; Mustamäe tee 50, 10621, Tallinn, Estonia; Tallinn; 10621; Estonie