Myanmar's Transition: Openings, Obstacles and Opportunities - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814414166 ISBN 13: 9789814414166

Publisher: ISEAS, 2013

Synopsis

With the world watching closely, Myanmar began a process of political, administrative and institutional transition from 30 January 2011. After convening the parliament, elected in November 2010, the former military regime transferred power to a new government headed by former Prime Minister (and retired general), U Thein Sein. With parliamentary processes restored in Myanmar's new capital of Naypyitaw, Thein Sein's government announced a wide-ranging reform agenda, and began releasing political prisoners and easing press censorship. Pivotal meetings between Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi led to amendment of the Election Law and the National League for Democracy contesting by-elections in April 2012. The 2011 Myanmar/Burma update conference considered the openings offered by these political changes and media reforms and the potential opportunities for international assistance. Obstacles covered include impediments to the rule of law, the continuation of human rights abuses, the impunity of the Army, and the failure to end ethnic insurgency.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: ISEAS
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814414166
• ISBN 13: 9789814414166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Cheesman Nick