Burma or Myanmar? : the struggle for national identity /

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Imprint:	Singapore ; London : World Scientific, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	National characteristics, Burmese. Diplomatic relations. National characteristics, Burmese. Politics and government Burma -- Politics and government. Burma -- Foreign relations. Burma. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11258674

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Other authors / contributors:	Dittmer, Lowell.
ISBN:	9789814313650 9814313653 1283144743 9781283144742 9789814313643 9814313645 9786613144744 6613144746
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Burma, also known as Myanmar, strategically located between China and India, is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is this so? We argue that much of the reason has to do with an ongoing struggle for national identity. This struggle involves not only whether the state should be authoritarian or democratic, but how Burma's myriad ethnic minorities should be accommodated within it, what external reference national reference groups the country should identify and align with, and how it should mov.
Other form:	Print version: Burma or Myanmar? Singapore ; London : World Scientific, ©2010 9789814313643

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