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A Fool's Paradise? Ethnicity, Military and Prospects for Democratisation in Myanmar

Name: A Fool's Paradise? Ethnicity, Military and Prospects for Democratisation in Myanmar
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Author: Findley Penn-Hughes
ISBN: 978-3-656-76449-6

Bachelor Thesis, 2013

47 Pages, Grade: 68

Findley Penn-Hughes (Author)

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Table of Content

Glossary

I. Introduction
1.1. Contextualising Myanmar
1.2. A ‘Burmese Spring’: The New Light of Myanmar?
1.3. Establishing the military-ethnic dynamic
1.4. Problems of research methodology

2. Myanmar & Democracy: a conceptual approach
2.1 Democracy and democratic consolidation
2.2. Civil-military relations
2.21 Endogenous and exogenous factors in military withdrawal
2.22 Historical factors and the establishment of military culture
3. The Military in Myanmar’s politics: from independence to the present day
3.1 The ‘reserved domain’: establishing the Tatmadaw tradition
3.2 From direct rule to “disciplined democracy”: the guiding hand of the Tatmadaw in contemporary Myanmar

5. Summary. ‘Jobs for the boys’: how ethnic conflict perpetuates the military’s role in politics

6. Conclusion: looking to the future

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Title: A Fool's Paradise? Ethnicity, Military and Prospects for Democratisation in Myanmar
College: Durham University (School of Government & International Affairs)
Course: Politics
Grade: 68
Author: Findley Penn-Hughes (Author)
Year: 2013
Pages: 47
Catalog Number: V280409
ISBN (eBook): 9783656764465
ISBN (Book): 9783656764496
File size: 2317 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Myanmar, Burma, Democratisation, Military Government, authoritarianism, Southeast Asia, Ethnicity, Karen, Shan, Mon, Democratic Transition, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Aung Sang, democracy, post-colonial, colonial, third-wave, NLD, Military rule, ASEAN, Politics, democratic consolidation

Quote paper: Findley Penn-Hughes (Author), 2013, A Fool's Paradise? Ethnicity, Military and Prospects for Democratisation in Myanmar, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/280409

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