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The Paradox of Myanmar's Regime Change

By Roger Huang Copyright 2020
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes Myanmar’s contemporary political history, arguing that Myanmar’s so-called "democratization" has always been a calculated regime transition, planned by the military, with every intention that the military to remain the key permanent political actor in Myanmar’s political regime. Using the period since Myanmar’s regime change in 2011 as an extended case study, this... Read more

1 Introduction: Myanmar’s Puzzling Transition

2 Myanmar’s Trial and Error Praetorian Regime

3 The Evolution of Myanmar’s Military Regime

4 A Disciplined Society for a Disciplined Democracy

5 Myanmar's Regime Change and the Limits of International Linkage

6 Myanmar's Way to Democracy: Constructing a Hybrid Regime in the Thein Sein Years

7 Consolidating a Disciplined Democracy: A Preliminary Analysis of the Early Aung San Suu Kyi Years (2016–2019)

8 Conclusion

Biography

Roger Lee Huang is Lecturer in Terrorism Studies and Political Violence in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Australia.