03280nam 2200577 a 450 991081479230332120230725045541.01-283-14474-39786613144744981-4313-65-3(CKB)3360000000001394(EBL)731252(OCoLC)740446061(SSID)ssj0000521313(PQKBManifestationID)12195522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521313(PQKBWorkID)10523234(PQKB)11113193(MiAaPQ)EBC731252(WSP)00001186 (Au-PeEL)EBL731252(CaPaEBR)ebr10480120(CaONFJC)MIL314474(EXLCZ)99336000000000139420100720d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBurma or Myanmar?[electronic resource] the struggle for national identity /editor, Lowell DittmerSingapore ;Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific Pub. Co.c20101 online resource (396 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4313-64-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Burma vs. Myanmar : what's in a name? / Lowell Dittmer -- Voting and violence in Myanmar : Nation building for a transition to democracy / Ian Holliday -- Ethnic conflict in Burma : the challenge of unity in a divided country / Tom Kramer -- Relieving Burma's humanitarian crisis / Christina Fink -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi : a Burmese dissindent democrat / Kyaw Yin Hlaing -- Looking inside the Burmese military / Win Min -- Naypyidaw vs. Yangon : the reasons behind the Junta's decision to move the Burmese capital / Daniel Gomà -- Burma's poverty of riches : natural gas and the voracious state / Sean Turnell -- Myanmar/Burma : international trade and domestic power under an "isolationist" indentity / Jalal Alamgir -- China-Burma relations : China's risk, Burma's dilemma / Min Zin -- India's unquenched ambitions in Burma / Renaud Egreteau -- Burma and ASEAN : a marriage of inconvenience / Stephen McCarthy -- Conclusion / Lowell Dittmer.Burma, also known as Myanmar, strategically located between China and India, is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is this so? We argue that much of the reason has to do with an ongoing struggle for national identity. This struggle involves not only whether the state should be authoritarian or democratic, but how Burma's myriad ethnic minorities should be accommodated within it, what external reference national reference groups the country should identify and align with, and how it should movNational characteristics, BurmeseBurmaPolitics and government1988-BurmaForeign relations1948-National characteristics, Burmese.320.9591Dittmer Lowell268378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814792303321Burma or Myanmar4115275UNINA