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Metamorphosis: Studies in Social and Political Change in Myanmar
Egreteau & Robinne
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Description for Metamorphosis: Studies in Social and Political Change in Myanmar
Paperback. Editor(s): Egreteau, Renaud; Robinne, Francois. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBTB; HRE; JFSL; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
With a young population of 50 million, an ambitious roadmap for political reform, and on the cusp of rapid economic development, since 2010 the world's attention has been drawn to Myanmar or Burma.
But underlying recent political transitions are other wrenching social changes and shocks, a set of changes less clearly mapped out. Relations between ethnic and religious groups, in the context of Burma's political modern of a state composed of ethnic groups, are a particularly important ""unsolved equation"".
The editors use the notion of metamorphosis to look at Myanmar today and tomorrow – a term that accommodates ... Read more
With a young population of 50 million, an ambitious roadmap for political reform, and on the cusp of rapid economic development, since 2010 the world's attention has been drawn to Myanmar or Burma.
But underlying recent political transitions are other wrenching social changes and shocks, a set of changes less clearly mapped out. Relations between ethnic and religious groups, in the context of Burma's political modern of a state composed of ethnic groups, are a particularly important ""unsolved equation"".
The editors use the notion of metamorphosis to look at Myanmar today and tomorrow – a term that accommodates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971698669
SKU
V9789971698669
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Ref
99-3
About Egreteau & Robinne
Renaud Egreteau is IRASEC Research Associate, and coauthor of Sodliers and Diplomacy in Burma: Understanding the Foreign Relations of the Burmese Praetorian State. Francois Robinne is Director of IRASEC, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia, Bangkokg.
Reviews for Metamorphosis: Studies in Social and Political Change in Myanmar
"...Metamorphosis deserves praise as a wide-ranging, serious effort to analyze current trends beyond stereotypes and simple answers. Researchers, journalists and amateurs alike will find it useful in understanding some of the most controversial issues in the country." -Asia Sentinel