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Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar, EPUB eBook

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Historic Myanmar elections in November 2015 paved the way for an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi to take office in March 2016, and saw the country deepen its graduated transition away from authoritarian rule.

Nevertheless, military forces that for decades dominated national politics remain privileged in a constitutional framework designed to deliver 'discipline-flourishing democracy'.

In August 2017, the military intensified its campaign of ethnic cleansingof Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority, and more than 750,000 refugees fled to neighbouring Bangladesh.

One critical question that now confronts the fifty million people of this Southeast Asian nation is whether their push for greater democracy is strong enough to prevail over the resistance of apowerful military machine and swelling undercurrents of intolerance.

What are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar?This book addresses this question by examining historical conditions, constitutionalism, popular support for democracy, major political actors, group relations and tolerance, and transitional justice.

To probe the meaning and purchase of key concepts it presents a rich array of evidence, including eighty-eight in-depth interviews and three waves of surveys and survey experiments conducted by the authors between 2014 and 2018, all of which are triangulated with constitutional and legal textsand reports issued locally and globally.

The analysis culminates in the concept of limited liberalism, which reflects an at times puzzling blend of liberal and illiberal attitudes.

The book concludes that a weakening of liberal commitments among politicians and citizens alike, allied with spreadinglimited liberal attitudes, casts doubt on the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar.

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