Unraveling Myanmar's transition : progress, retrenchment and ambiguity amidst liberalization / edited by Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Elliott Prasse-Freeman and Patrick Strefford.
ch. 11 SECTION ONE Two Sides of the Same Arakanese Coin: "Rakhine," "Rohingya," and Ethnogenesis as Schismogenesis / ch. 1 Post-Elections Myanmar: Options, Opportunities or Challenges? / Kirt Mausert. ch. 2 Fragile Balance of Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar / Yoshihiro Nakanishi -- ch. 3 Myanmar's Post-2015 Foreign Policy: Prisms of Interpretation / Pavin Chacbavalpongpun -- SECTION TWO THE CHALLENGE OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY -- ch. 4 The Structure of Myanmar's Corporate and Financial System: Growth Challenges since the 1990s / Fumiharu Mieno -- ch. 5 Urban Real Estate and the Financial System in Myanmar / Bo Bo Nge -- ch. 6 Myanmar's Environmental Governance in transition: The Case of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative / Adam Simpson -- SECTION THREE THE SOCIO CULTURAL ISSUES -- ch. 7 The Post-2011 Transition in Myanmar: Donor-driven Aid and Donor Capacity Deficit / Patrick Strefford -- ch. 8 Ethnic Education Systems in Burma: Possibilities for Harmonization and Integration / Patrick McCormick -- ch. 9 Myanmar's Political Transition and Its Effects on the Buddhist Religio-Political Landscape / Matthew J. Walton -- SECTION FOUR THE ROHINGYA CRISIS -- ch. 10 Motherhood, Home, and the Political Economy of Rohingya Women's Labor / Shae A. Frydenlund -- ch. 11 Two Sides of the Same Arakanese Coin: "Rakhine," "Rohingya," and Ethnogenesis as Schismogenesis / Kirt Mausert.
Summary:
"The optimism provoked by Myanmar's political reforms in 2011-12 has now given way to a sense that the uneven nature of change in this nation of 54 million has lead to instability and uncertainty. The liberalization of critical sectors and expansion of certain freedoms--such as political and legal opportunities for expression and mobilization--contrasts with the entrenchment of structural problems. It becomes ever more difficult to tackle ethnic marginalization and conflict, over-dependence on natural resource extraction, inadequate public services, and problems of under-capacity in the civilian bureaucracy. The result is the build up of a toxic environment in which classism, racism, and bigotry threaten to rend Myanmar's already delicate social fabric. The contributors to this volume bring unique perspectives and methodologies to bear to unravel Myanmar's tangled challenges. Whether it is through studying corruption by analyzing the country's real estate bubble, assessing civil society advocacy capacity against extractive industries, or gauging the strength--and surprising weakness-- of Myanmar's military, the volume employs unconventional approaches and analytical rigor to address a fundamental question: Is Myanmar itself unraveling?"--Back cover
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