Caretaking Democratization by Renaud Egreteau

Caretaking Democratization by Renaud Egreteau

This book examines the political landscape that took shape in Myanmar after the 2010 elections and the subsequent transition from direct military rule to a quasi-civilian "hybrid" regime. Striking political, social, and economic transformations have indeed taken place in the long-isolated country since the military junta was disbanded in March 2011. To better construe - and question - what has routinely been labeled a "Burmese Spring", Egreteau examines the reasons behind the ongoing political transition, as well as the role of the Burmese armed forces in that process, drawing on in-depth interviews with Burmese political actors, party leaders, parliamentarians and retired army officers. The study also takes its cue from comparative scholarship on civil-military relations and post-authoritarian politics, to look at the "praetorian" logic explaining the transitional moment. Myanmar's road to democratic change is, however, still paved with daunting obstacles. As the book suggests, the continuing military intervention in domestic politics, the resilience of bureaucratic, economic and political clientelism at all levels of society, the iconification of Aung San Suu Kyi, the shadowy influence of regional and global powers, as well as enduring concerns about interethnic and interreligious relations, all are strong reminders of the series of elemental conundrums with which Myanmar will have to deal in order to achieve democratization, sustainable development and peace.

Renaud Egreteau was a 2015-16 Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Asia Program) in Washington DC, and will be Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies of Singapore in 2017. He holds a PhD in political science from Sciences Po, Paris.

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Titel	Caretaking Democratization
Autor	Renaud Egreteau
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	OUP India
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-12-27
Seitenanzahl	224
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