Burma

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Peter Carey

      Pages 1-23

3. Politics And Constitution-Making

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. The National Convention: an Impediment to the Restoration of Democracy

      • Janelle M. Diller

      Pages 27-54

   3. The Constitutional Future of Myanmar in Comparative Perspective

      • Robert H. Taylor

      Pages 55-67

4. Foreign Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Burma’s Relations with the People’s Republic of China: from Delicate Friendship to Genuine Co-operation

      • Chi-shad Liang

      Pages 71-93

5. Views from the Periphery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Burma’s Ethnic Minorities: a Central or Peripheral Problem in the Regional Context?

      • Martin Smith

      Pages 97-128

   3. The Civil War, the Minorities and Burma’s New Politics

      • Josef Silverstein

      Pages 129-156

6. The Challenges Of Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Priorities for Burma’s Development: the Role of International Aid

      • David I. Steinberg

      Pages 159-181

   3. Economic Reform and Political Conditionality in Myanmar

      • Paul Cook, Martin Minogue

      Pages 183-208

   4. Responding to Myanmar’s Silent Emergency: the Urgent Case for International Humanitarian Relief and Development Assistance

      • Rolf C. Carriere

      Pages 209-234

7. Back Matter

   Pages 235-254

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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.

• constitution
• democracy
• development
• foreign policy
• Historical Background
• Policy

• Trinity College, Oxford, UK

  Peter Carey

PETER CAREY

Policies and ethics