Security and sustainable development in Myanmar [[electronic resource] /] / Helen James

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910765611003321
• Autore: James Helen <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-56691-4; 9786610566914; 0-203-00198-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; ; 11
• Disciplina: 323.09591; 338.9591/07; 338.959107
• Soggetti: Human rights - Burma; Social rights - Burma; Internal security - Burma; Sustainable development - Political aspects - Burma; Civil society - Burma; Burma Politics and government 1988-; Burma Social policy; Burma Economic policy 1988-; Burma Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-220) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar; Copyright Page; Contents; List of plates; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Map of Myanmar; Prologue; 1.Introduction: holistic and human security - concepts and contexts; 2.The security discourse in Myanmar: regime, state and people; 3.The seven horsemen of the apocalypse: strategies for effective poverty alleviation amongst the peoples of the poppy cultures; 4.Myanmar's external relations in regional context: security enhancement; 5.Myanmar and the West: sanctions, engagement and security; 6.Civil society and the political ecology of sustainable development: ; empowerment, opportunity and participation7.Conclusion: towards a more civil society?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Helen James considers security in Myanmar/Burma. She uses the ideas put forward in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 report, of human, as opposed to state and security, going on to argue that freedom from want, and freedom from fear (of the regime) are in fact mutually supportive ideas, and that the security of the people and the security of the state are in fact in a symbiotic relationship with each other. Presenting new and significant information of the security concept of Myanmar/Burma, James' original work considers economic development, health, education, environm