Myanmar in Crisis : : Living with the Pandemic and the Coup / / ed. by Justine Chambers, Michael R. Dunford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Complete eBook-Package 2023
• HerausgeberIn: Chambers, Justine,; Dunford, Michael R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)

Myanmar in Crisis brings together scholars from across the social sciences to analyse the dual crises of COVID-19 and the 2021 military coup. All of the essays address one of four themes around the concept of crisis: society in crisis, a state in crisis, an economy in crisis, and international relat...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors and Editors
• List of Figures
• Abbreviations and Key Terms
• Part I. Introduction
• 1. Myanmar in ‘Crisis’
• Part II: On Crisis
• 2. Myanmar’s Post-coup Crisis: Reflections on a History of Failed Nation Building
• 3. The 2021 Military Coup: Causes and Consequences
• 4. Covid, Coup and Prisons: Exploring Crisis as Context in Myanmar
• Part III: A State in Crisis
• 5. Myanmar under Contested Military Rule
• 6. Contested Political Authority in Post-Coup Myanmar
• 7. The CDM and its Allies: Myanmar’s Heterogeneous Anticolonial Public(s)
• Part IV: An Economic Crisis
• 8. The Myanmar Economy, Covid-19 and the Military Coup: Issues and Prospects for Recovery
• 9. Pandemic Challenges of Fishers at Kyauk Myaung Segment, Irrawaddy River, Myanmar
• 10.The Destabilization of Myanmar: The Coup and its Impact on Economic Conditions and International Business Investment
• Part V: International Relations in Crisis
• 11. Neutralism or Non-Alignment: Myanmar’s Recurring Foreign Policy Dilemma
• 12. The Nature, Scope and Limits of International Responses to Myanmar’s Coup
• Part VI: Epilogue
• 13. On Disappointment and Hope: Myanmar Studies and the Multiple Crises
• Index