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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136756403321

Autore

Wilson Trevor

Titolo

Eyewitness to early reform in Myanmar / / Trevor Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2016

Acton, ACT : , : ANU E Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9781925022995 (eBook)

1925022994 (eBook)

9781925022988 (paperback)

1925022986 (paperback)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Asian studies series monograph ; ; 7

Disciplina

959.105

Soggetti

Democratization - Burma

Burma Politics and government 1988-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

By 2000, a ruthless military regime had ruled Myanmar for more than a decade, polarising opinion inside and outside Burma/Myanmar — with Western countries locked into non-UN sanctions and Asian countries and the rest of the world locked into unenthusiastic cooperation with Myanmar. While the United Nations and its agencies faced numerous obstacles as they sought to encourage national reconciliation in Myanmar, conditions in Myanmar were slowly starting to change. With a reform faction in charge, the military regime itself after 1999 slowly began experimenting with modest changes, before committing in 2008 to transfer power via a constitutional referendum and national elections, both of which it effectively controlled. This book provides the first eyewitness account of the early reform experiments.