Winning by Process : : The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar / / Alexandre Pelletier, Jacques Bertrand, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Bertrand, Jacques,; Pelletier, Alexandre,; Thawnghmung, Ardeth Maung,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.) :; 1 b&w line drawing, 2 maps, 1 chart

Winning by Process asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011–2021 despite a liberalizing regime, a national ceasefire agreement, and multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities. Winning by Process argues that stalled conflicts are more than pauses or stalemates. "Winning by process," as opposed to winning by war or agreement, represents the state's ability to gain advantage by manipulating the rules of negotiation, bargaining process, and sites of power and resources. In Myanmar, five such strategies allowed the state to gain through process: locking in, sequencing, layering, outflanking, and outgunning. The Myanmar case shows how process can shift the balance of power in negotiations intended to bring an end to civil war. During the last decade, the Myanmar state and military controlled the process, neutralized ethnic minority groups, and continued to impose their vision of a centralized state even as they appeared to support federalism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Terminology -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 WINNING BY PROCESS Leveraging Formal Negotiation, State Institutions, and War -- 2 THE FAILURE TO WIN BY WAR The Limits of Bamar Dominance and Ethnic Minority Repression -- 3 DEMOCRATIZATION Layering and Sequencing in the State Institutional Arena -- 4 PROCESS OVER WAR From Ceasefire to Political Dialogue -- 5 NORMALIZING WEAK ETHNIC STATES Constitutional Lock-In and Implementing Layers -- 6 OUTFLANKING AND THE EROSION OF DE FACTO AUTONOMY -- 7 FRAGMENTATION, MARGINALIZATION, AND SUBJUGATION Layering and Locking In Ethnic Recognition -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index