Burma Redux - Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar

Informationen zum Autor Ian Holliday is professor of political science at The University of Hong Kong and has taught at New York University and the University of Manchester. His research focuses on problems in the contemporary government and politics of Burma/Myanmar and his teaching centers on Southeast Asia! particularly issues of humanitarian intervention and global justice. He is a founding editor of the journal Party Politics and has relaunched the journal Contemporary Politics. Klappentext Contemporary Myanmar faces a number of political challenges! and it is unclear how other nations should act in relation to the country. Prioritizing the opinions of local citizens and reading them against the latest scholarship on this issue! Ian Holliday affirms the importance of foreign interests in Myanmar's democratic awakening! yet only through committed! grassroots strategies of engagement encompassing foreign states! international aid agencies! and global corporations. Holliday supports his argument by using multiple sources and theories! particularly ones that take historical events! contemporary political and social investigations! and global justice literature into account! as well as studies that focus on the effects of democratic transition! the aid industry! and socially responsible corporate investing and sanctions.One of the only volumes to apply broad-ranging global justice theories to a real-world nation in flux! Burma Redux will appeal to professionals researching Burma/Myanmar; political advisers and advocacy groups; nonspecialists interested in Southeast Asian politics and society and the local and international problems posed by pariah states; general readers who seek a richer understanding of the country beyond journalistic accounts; and the Burmese people themselves--both within the country and in diaspora. Burma Redux is also the first book-length study on the nation to be completed after the contentious general elections of 2010. Zusammenfassung "Contemporary Myanmar faces immense political challenges! and the role outsiders might play in dealing with them is highly contentious. Drawing on views expressed by local citizens! Burma redux argues for committed strategies of grassroots involvement that engage international aid agencies! global corporations and foreign states. The wide-ranging discussion positions Myanmar's history! contemporary politics and social circumstances within broader discussions of global justice! democratic transitions! the aid business! corporate social responsibility and international sanctions."--Publisher's description. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Holliday, Ian Holliday, Ian (Faculty of Social Sciences) Holliday, Holliday Ian
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780231161268
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16126-8
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Myanmar, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Politics & government, Asian History