An up-to-date collection of essays by leading academics and Burma specialists covering some of the key economic, ethnic, political and social problems which currently confront Burma. The book is divided into four parts: Politics and Constitution Making, Foreign Policy, Views from the Periphery, and the Challenges of Development. Peter Carey's introduction provides a useful historical background, and assesses the political prospects for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy following her 1995 release.

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Trinity College, Oxford, UK

Peter Carey

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PETER CAREY

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Book Title: Burma
Book Subtitle: The Challenge of Change in a Divided Society
Editors: Peter Carey
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230389083
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-38908-3Published: 28 July 1997
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 254
Topics: Asian Politics, Political Science, Development Economics, International Political Economy

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

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Introduction

Politics And Constitution-Making

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Foreign Policy

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Views from the Periphery

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The Challenges Of Development

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Trinity College, Oxford, UK

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