Myanmar : : Beyond Politics to Societal Imperatives / / ed. by Yin Hlaing Kyaw, Robert H. Taylor, Tin Maung Maung Than.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Ganesan, N.,; Mutebi, Alex M.,; Pedersen, Morten B.,; Safman, Rachel M.,; Smith, Martin T.,; Steinberg, David I.,; Taylor, Robert H.,
• HerausgeberIn: Kyaw, Yin Hlaing,; Taylor, Robert H.,; Than, Tin Maung Maung,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Seeking to look beyond the day-to-day headlines and judgemental comments on developments in Myanmar, this volume gets under the surface to look at the underlying issues which the country faces regardless of its political future. After looking back to essay the historical forces and human agencies which have shaped contemporary Myanmar, the volume addresses health care and public policy provision with suggestions as to what potential roles the international community might have in assisting Myanmar’s future socioeconomic development. Myanmar: Beyond Politics to Societal Imperatives broadens the debate on this state of more than 50 million people beyond the usual narrow didactics about democratization and economic policies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Contributors and Editors -- Map of Myanmar -- 1. Pathways to the Present -- 2. Myanmar’s Foreign Relations: Reaching out to the World -- 3. Ethnic Politics and Regional Development in Myanmar: The Need for New Approaches -- 4. Myanmar: The Roots of Economic Malaise -- 5. Assessing the Impact of HIV and Other Health Issues on Myanmar’s Development -- 6, “Muddling Through” Past Legacies: Myanmar’s Civil Bureaucracy and the Need for Reform -- 7. The Challenges of Transition in Myanmar -- Index