Democratisation Of Myanmar

Author : Nehginpao Kipgen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000462357

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Democratisation of Myanmar by Nehginpao Kipgen Pdf

On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military coup abruptly ended a decade of a civilian-military hybrid regime – a massive setback for the democratisation process. Citizens from all walks of life took to the streets and protests erupted over the following weeks, and Myanmar became the centre of global attention. This book brings up to date how the story of Myanmar’s experiment with democracy unravelled over the last few years. This second edition: ● Traces the political transition of Myanmar from a military rule of nearly five decades to a short-lived democratic experiment; ● Outlines the factors that contributed to this transition and the circumstances in which it took place; ● Shows how political groups – especially Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) – and the military worked together and paved the way for democratisation and what led to the failure of the NLD government; ● Examines the 2020 general election and the declaration of national emergency following the NLD landslide electoral win. Bringing together a balance of primary ethnographic fieldwork and nuanced analysis, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Asian and Southeast Asian Studies, politics and political processes, democratisation process and democratic transitions, international relations and peace and conflict studies, especially those concerned with Myanmar.

Author : Nick Cheesman
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814519977

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Debating Democratization in Myanmar by Nick Cheesman Pdf

Is Myanmar (Burma) democratizing, or is it moving towards a new form of authoritarianism, perhaps one more consonant with other contemporary authoritarian regimes in Asia? Coming at a critical time, and one of growing interest in this Southeast Asian country among researchers and policymakers, Debating Democratization in Myanmar addresses this complex question from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives. Chapters by leading international scholars and practitioners, activists and politicians from Myanmar and around the world cover political and economic updates, as well as the problems of democratization; the re-engagement of democratic activists and exiles in domestic affairs; the new parliament, the electoral system, and everyday politics; prospects for the economy; ethnic cooperation, contestation and conflict; the role of the army and police forces; and conditions for women. Together they constitute an empirically deep and analytically rich source of readable and relevant material for anyone keen to obtain a greater understanding of what is happening in Myanmar today, and why.

Author : Tamas Wells
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789048553792

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Narrating Democracy in Myanmar by Tamas Wells Pdf

This book analyses what Myanmar's struggle for democracy has signified to Burmese activists and democratic leaders, and to their international allies. In doing so, it explores how understanding contested meanings of democracy helps make sense of the country's tortuous path since Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won historic elections in 2015. Using Burmese and English language sources, Narrating Democracy in Myanmar reveals how the country's ongoing struggles for democracy exist not only in opposition to Burmese military elites, but also within networks of local activists and democratic leaders, and international aid workers.

Author : Findley Penn-Hughes
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656764465

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A Fool's Paradise? Ethnicity, Military and Prospects for Democratisation in Myanmar by Findley Penn-Hughes Pdf

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - Region: Far East, grade: 68, Durham University (School of Government & International Affairs), course: Politics, language: English, abstract: State and military power have been formally fused in Myanmar since the military coup of 1962. Colonial and pre-colonial experiences prior to this had ensured the creation of a national narrative that emphasised unity and the survival of the regime above all else. This led to the slow infiltration of military rule in the years following independence in 1948 and ultimately to the decades of authoritarian rule and economic mismanagement, exacerbated by economic sanctions. As the rest of the region began its post-colonial transition towards democracy and prosperity, brutal military crackdowns and reprisals following populist uprisings in 1988 and 2007 seemed only to confirm Myanmar’s resilience. Following the suppression of the 2007 uprising, it appeared that the hold of the military junta was absolute. The announcement in 2008 by the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of wide-ranging reforms as part of the ‘roadmap to democracy’ thus represented the greatest hope of democratic reform for half a century. Following the enactment of constitutional reforms and trumpeted elections in 2010, the state now represents an ostensibly democratic, constitutional system. Throughout early 2011 the newly formed ‘civilian’ government released over 700 political prisoners, oversaw a relaxation of media censorship and legalised the right to unionisation in conjunction with a re-emergence of opposition politics. This essay examines how the cross over between the issues of 'ethnicity' in Myanmar and the perceived role of the military among the military establishment as the sole protectors of the unity of the Union of Myanmar act to create political stagnation in the country. By conducting the political process on their terms, the military is ensuring that opposition politics is robbed of the political space with which to address the ethnic nationalities head on. The NLD is now the only group that has the cultural and political capacity to do this. In its continuous failure to do so it may yet plunge Myanmar into a period of political instability once again.

Author : Renaud Egreteau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Burma
ISBN : 1849046581

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Caretaking Democratization by Renaud Egreteau Pdf

While Myanmar under Aung San Suu Kyi may seem destined for a smooth transition towards an enduring democracy, behind the scenes the military remains very much in control. Egreteau's shrewd analysis is a stark reminder of where the balance of power resides.

Author : Nick Cheesman,Monique Skidmore,Trevor Wilson
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814414166

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Myanmar's Transition by Nick Cheesman,Monique Skidmore,Trevor Wilson Pdf

With the world watching closely, Myanmar began a process of political, administrative and institutional transition from 30 January 2011. After convening the parliament, elected in November 2010, the former military regime transferred power to a new government headed by former Prime Minister (and retired general), U Thein Sein. With parliamentary processes restored in Myanmar's new capital of Naypyitaw, Thein Sein's government announced a wide-ranging reform agenda, and began releasing political prisoners and easing press censorship. Pivotal meetings between Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi led to amendment of the Election Law and the National League for Democracy contesting by-elections in April 2012. The 2011 Myanmar/Burma update conference considered the openings offered by these political changes and media reforms and the potential opportunities for international assistance. Obstacles covered include impediments to the rule of law, the continuation of human rights abuses, the impunity of the Army, and the failure to end ethnic insurgency.

Author : Priscilla Clapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Burma
ISBN : MINN:31951D03816640B

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Burma's Long Road to Democracy by Priscilla Clapp Pdf

The Saffron Revolution of 2007 -- A repeating pattern -- Releasing the military's stranglehold on government -- Building the foundation of democracy -- What should the international community do? -- What can be expected of China? -- What should the United States do?

Author : Roman David,Ian Holliday
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198809609

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Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar by Roman David,Ian Holliday Pdf

Historic Myanmar elections in 2015 and the installation of an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2016 contrast with ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in 2017. One critical question that now confronts the 50 million people of this Southeast Asian nation is whether the push for greater democracy is strong enough to prevail over a powerful military machine and undercurrents of intolerance. What are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar? This bookaddresses this question by examining historical conditions, constitutionalism, democracy, major political actors, ethnic conflict, and transitional justice. It presents a rich array of evidence focusedon 88 in-depth interviews and three waves of surveys and experiments conducted in 2014-18. The analysis culminates in the concept of limited liberalism, which reflects a blend of liberal and illiberal attitudes. The book concludes that a weakening of liberal commitments among politicians and citizens alike, allied with spreading limited liberal attitudes, casts doubt on the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar.

Author : Matthew Mullen
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783605101

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Pathways that Changed Myanmar by Matthew Mullen Pdf

In the midst of the political upheavals that engulfed Myanmar from 2010 to 2011, international attention was fixed upon the military regime and its dissident opponents. But away from the cameras, a very different set of struggles were unfolding across the country. These struggles were manifested not as violent clashes, but as everyday interactions involving taxi drivers, community organizers, farmers, heads of domestic NGOs, and many more. A product of five years' research, during which the author conducted over five hundred ethnographic interviews across the country, Pathways that Changed Myanmar provides a voice for those ordinary Burmese whose trials and aspirations went unheard and unnoticed during this pivotal moment in the nation's history.

Author : Judy L. Hasday
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Burma
ISBN : 9781438146416

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Aung San Suu Kyi by Judy L. Hasday Pdf

Profiles the life and work of the political activist from Myanmar who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

Author : Priscilla Clapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0876096690

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Securing a Democratic Future for Myanmar by Priscilla Clapp Pdf

Author : Peter Wallensteen,Carina Staibano,Mikael Eriksson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Burma
ISBN : UOM:39015061868165

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Routes to Democracy in Burma/Myanmar by Peter Wallensteen,Carina Staibano,Mikael Eriksson Pdf

Author : Renaud Egreteau,François Robinne
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789971698669

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Metamorphosis by Renaud Egreteau,François Robinne Pdf

With a young population of more than 52 million, an ambitious roadmap for political reform, and on the cusp of rapid economic development, since 2010 the world’s attention has been drawn to Myanmar or Burma. But underlying recent political transitions are other wrenching social changes and shocks, a set of transformations less clearly mapped out. Relations between ethnic and religious groups, in the context of Burma’s political model of a state composed of ethnic groups, are a particularly important “unsolved equation”. The editors use the notion of metamorphosis to look at Myanmar today and tomorrow—a term that accommodates linear change, stubborn persistence and the possibility of dramatic transformation. Divided into four sections, on politics, identity and ethnic relations, social change in fields like education and medicine, and the evolutions of religious institutions, the volume takes a broad view, combining an anthropological approach with views from political scientists and historians. This volume is an essential guide to the political and social challenges ahead for Myanmar.

Author : Nehginpao Kipgen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0199466300

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Myanmar by Nehginpao Kipgen Pdf

Myanmar, since its independence from the British in 1948, has witnessed decades of military dictatorship, a plethora of ethnic and political problems, and an arduous struggle to political normalcy and democracy. Reinventing its place in international trade, diplomacy, and geo-strategy, Myanmar today presents a complex pictureand how it engages with its own history plays an important part in this process of transformation. Myanmar: A Political History examines the politico-historical antecedents of contemporary Myanmar: from colonial rule to the establishment of its first civilian government; the subsequent fall into military dictatorship; and the transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic government. Kipgen weaves in its relations with the United States, Myanmars political, economic, and military connect with China; IndiaMyanmar relations in the context of Indias Look East policy; and Myanmars cooperation problems on human rights within the ASEAN. Lucid and well researched, this book is a valuable guide to those interested in the future of Myanmar as well as South and Southeast Asia, to understand the historical knowledge as to how different political actors played differing roles in the countrys transition across governments.

Author : Aung San Suu Kyi
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814818964

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Democratic Transition in Myanmar by Aung San Suu Kyi Pdf

The Singapore Lecture series was inaugurated in 1980 by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (formerly Institute of Southeast Asian Studies) with a founding endowment from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and augmented by a generous donation in 1983 from ExxonMobil Asia Pacific. The 43rd Singapore Lecture was delivered by Her Excellency Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on 21 August 2018 under the distinguished Chairmanship of Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Singapore.