Discipline without democracy: Military dominance in post-colonial Burma

Farrelly, Nicholas

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Discipline without democracy: Military dominance in post-colonial Burma

Date

2013

Authors

Farrelly, Nicholas

Publisher

Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

After five decades in which military dominance defined post-colonial politics, Burma has recently embarked on a long-delayed process of political reform. The gradual democratisation of the country's political institutions has meant that the history of its