General Ne Win’s Legacy of Burmanization in Myanmar The Challenge to Peace in the Twenty-First Century

This book focuses on how Burmanization created and reinforced ethnic divides since the 1962 coup d’etat. when General Ne Win concentrated all authority in the Burmese speaking army. Background research for the book includes Burmese language materials from the Burmese Socialist Party (BSP) and others...

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Main Authors: Eh Htoo, Saw, Waters, Tony (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction: Why Burmanization is Important
  • Chapter 1: Eh Htoo’s Auto-biography
  • Chapter 2: Why Ne Win’s Burmanization Policies are Still Important Sixty Years Later: The Burmese Burden
  • Part II: The Historical Origins of Burmanization
  • Chapter 3: Historical Narratives and Burmanization (1824-1947)
  • Chapter 4: Aung San, U Nu, and Ne Win Create a New Country (1948-1962)
  • Chapter 5: Ne Win’s Burmanization Ideology: The Burmese Way to Socialism (1962-1966)
  • Chapter 6: Ne Win’s Political Ideology: One Culture, One Economy, One Military(19671989)
  • Chapter 7: Ne Win’s Policies after Ne Win (1988-2020) and Saw Eh Htoo’s Hopes
  • Part III: The Sociology of Burmanization and the Search for Peace
  • Chapter 8: The Narratives of Othering and The Sociological Consequences of Burmanization
  • Chapter 9: Final Thoughts about Burmanization by Tony Waters