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dc.contributor.authorSelth, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-23T12:30:42Z
dc.date.available2019-01-23T12:30:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0129-797X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/379993
dc.description.abstractIt has become the conventional wisdom that the transition from authoritarian rule to a more democratic form of government in Myanmar was due to the efforts of Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy, the pressures applied against the military regime by Western democracies and belated recognition by the ruling generals that Myanmar could not continue down the path of political and economic isolation. This narrative suits many of the key actors in this drama, but it denies independent agency to the most important player of all, namely the country's armed forces. The paradigm shift which has occurred in the country's political landscape over the past decade can more accurately be described as the result of a long-term plan drawn up by Myanmar's military leadership, which surrendered absolute power in a calculated move to advance its own agenda through the controlled transition to a "disciplined democracy".
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies
dc.publisher.urihttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/692007
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto26
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalContemporary Southeast Asia
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational Business
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150308
dc.titleAll Going According to Plan?: The Armed Forces and Government in Myanmar
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
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gro.griffith.authorSelth, Andrew W.


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