Ruling Myanmar: From Cyclone Nargis to National Elections - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814311464 ISBN 13: 9789814311465

Publisher: ISEAS Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

November 2010 sees the first elections in Myanmar/Burma since 1990, to be held as the culmination of the military regime's 'Road Map for Democracy' The conditions under which the elections are being held are far from favourable, although the laws and procedures under which they will be conducted have been in place for seven months and quite widely publicized. Political controls remain repressive, freedom of expression and assembly does not exist, and international access is restricted by government controls as well as sanctions. While the elections represent a turning point for Myanmar/Burma, the lead-up period has not been marked by many notable improvements in the way the country is governed or in the reforming impact of international assistance programmes. Presenters at the Australian National University 2009 Myanmar/Burma Update conference examined these questions and more. Leading experts from the United States, Japan, France, and Australia as well as from Myanmar/Burma have conributed to this collection of papers from the Conference.

About this title

About the Author:

Nick Cheesman is a Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change at the Australian National University, where he studied for a PhD. In 2013 his dissertation, on the politics of law and order in Myanmar, won the university medal, the J. G. Crawford Prize; and, the President's Prize of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. Before joining the Australian National University he worked in Hong Kong with the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a regional research and advocacy organisation. Earlier he convened a people's tribunal on militarization in Myanmar, for a Thailand-based non-profit group. He also lived and worked in a refugee camp on the border of Thailand and Myanmar for a number of years. He teaches courses in politics and security, and co-convenes the Myanmar/Burma Update conferences at ANU. His work has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, and edited books. This is his first monograph.

Monique Skidmore is an Australian Research Council scholar in the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University.

About this edition

• Publisher: ISEAS Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9814311464
• ISBN 13: 9789814311465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 353
• Editor: Cheesman Nick, Skidmore Monique, Wilson Trevor