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Pathways that Changed Myanmar
Matthew Mullen
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In the midst of the political upheavals that engulfed Myanmar from 2010 to 2011, international attention was fixed upon the military regime and its dissident opponents. But away from the cameras, a very different set of struggles were unfolding across the country. These struggles were manifested not as violent clashes, but as everyday interactions involving taxi drivers, community organizers, farmers, heads of domestic NGOs, and many more. A product of five years' research, during which the author conducted over five hundred ethnographic interviews across the country, Pathways that Changed Myanmar provides a voice for those ordinary Burmese ... Read more
In the midst of the political upheavals that engulfed Myanmar from 2010 to 2011, international attention was fixed upon the military regime and its dissident opponents. But away from the cameras, a very different set of struggles were unfolding across the country. These struggles were manifested not as violent clashes, but as everyday interactions involving taxi drivers, community organizers, farmers, heads of domestic NGOs, and many more. A product of five years' research, during which the author conducted over five hundred ethnographic interviews across the country, Pathways that Changed Myanmar provides a voice for those ordinary Burmese ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783605071
SKU
V9781783605071
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Matthew Mullen
Matthew Mullen lectures at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand. He has written widely on the politics of Myanmar, as well as on oppression and resistance, transitional justice, structural and cultural violence, and business and human rights.
Reviews for Pathways that Changed Myanmar
'Places a powerful magnifying glass over what precisely is happening in Myanmar...remarkable insights on almost every page.' The Nation `This book captures a story that needed to be told, and extracts lessons for both Myanmar and the world. As Mullen states, struggling against authoritarianism is never as simple as rallying around those ... Read more