Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions

Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions

Since March 2011, Burma/Myanmar has witnessed a liberalization of the press, the release of political prisoners and the initiation of a political dialogue between the regime on the one hand and the opposition and ethnic groups on the other. The reforms culminated in by-elections on 1 April 2012, whi...

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Main Authors: BÜNTE, Marco, PORTELA, Clara
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
Subjects:
Sanctions
Myanmar
Burma
political economy
political reforms
Asian Studies
International Relations
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1176
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2432/viewcontent/Portelagf_international_1203.pdf
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-24322015-01-29T03:34:05Z Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions BÜNTE, Marco PORTELA, Clara Since March 2011, Burma/Myanmar has witnessed a liberalization of the press, the release of political prisoners and the initiation of a political dialogue between the regime on the one hand and the opposition and ethnic groups on the other. The reforms culminated in by-elections on 1 April 2012, which in turn resulted in a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD). Overall, political reforms in Burma/Myanmar are being initiated from “above.” They are elite-driven and stem from the president and progressive members of the military-dominated party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). 2012-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1176 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2432/viewcontent/Portelagf_international_1203.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Sanctions Myanmar Burma political economy political reforms Asian Studies International Relations
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topic Sanctions
Myanmar
Burma
political economy
political reforms
Asian Studies
International Relations
spellingShingle Sanctions
Myanmar
Burma
political economy
political reforms
Asian Studies
International Relations
BÜNTE, Marco
PORTELA, Clara
Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions
description Since March 2011, Burma/Myanmar has witnessed a liberalization of the press, the release of political prisoners and the initiation of a political dialogue between the regime on the one hand and the opposition and ethnic groups on the other. The reforms culminated in by-elections on 1 April 2012, which in turn resulted in a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD). Overall, political reforms in Burma/Myanmar are being initiated from “above.” They are elite-driven and stem from the president and progressive members of the military-dominated party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
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author BÜNTE, Marco
PORTELA, Clara
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PORTELA, Clara
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title Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions
title_short Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions
title_full Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions
title_fullStr Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions
title_full_unstemmed Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions
title_sort myanmar: the beginning of reform and the end of sanctions
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2012
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1176
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2432/viewcontent/Portelagf_international_1203.pdf
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