{"product_id":"9781849045803-understanding-reform-in-myanmar-people-and-society-in-the-wake-of-military-rule","title":"Lall Marie - Understanding Reform In Myanmar People And Society In The Wake Of Military Rule - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Marie Lall's book seeks to uncover and explain the recent political and economic reforms implemented in post - military Myanmar focussing on key turning - points that ushered in the current transformation programme particularly those affecting education NG Os and social justice. She maps the main reform priorities explaining how they are interconnected and what has been achieved which amount to the first tentative steps towards 'democratisation' albeit under the umbrella of President Thein Sein's controlled and more inclusive governance. Beyond the building site that is now Yangon burgeoning urban car ownership and ubiquitous mobile phone use there remains a widening gap sharpened by inflation between rural and urban Myanmar at social economic and political levels. Peasants are losing their livelihoods to development schemes that are being created to bring in foreign investment and social justice is largely absent from the country's reform agenda. While the country has changed significantly has the West been gulled into mistaking 'discipline - flourishing democracy for true participatory democracy? Will the hopes of Aung San Suu Kyi coming to power in Yangon at the head of the NLD through an open and fair ballot ever be realised? These and other questions are scrutinised in this shrewd analysis of post - military Myanmar.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Understanding Reform In Myanmar People And Society In The Wake Of Military Rule\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Lall Marie\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: C Hurst \u0026amp; Co Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781849045803\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 256 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 7\/1\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Political Structure \u0026amp; Processes","brand":"Lall Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49625901662513,"sku":"IN-G-9781849045803","price":37.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781849045803.jpg?v=1724942280","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781849045803-understanding-reform-in-myanmar-people-and-society-in-the-wake-of-military-rule","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}