Ethnic politics in Burma states of conflict /

• Main Author: South, Ashley.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 17.
• Subjects: Ethnic conflict > Burma.; Conflict management > Burma.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Cultural. > Anthropology; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.; Burma > Ethnic relations.; Burma > Politics and government > 1988-; Electronic books.
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This book considers the conflict and civil war that has ravaged Burma, and considers the implications that conflict has had for Burma?s development and prospects for democratization.

Table of Contents:

• Conflicting histories
• Shifting identities
• State and society, grievance and greed, ethnicity and insurgency
• Armed conflict since 1988
• Enemies and allies on the Thailand border
• The costs of conflict
• State, ceasefires and civil society
• The SPDC and the ceacefire movement
• Civil society and social change
• Re-imagining communities.