Behind The Teak Curtain: Authoritarianism, Agricultural Policies and Political Legitimacy in Rural Burma/Myanmar

by Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, THAWNGHMUNG, Thawnghmung

Book Overview

First published in 2006. Behind the Teak Curtain, the first fieldwork-based study of Burmese rural politics and development, examines the specific circumstances under which one of the most repressive and authoritative governments in the world enjoys popularity in the countryside. The book analyzes four different agricultural policies that have been implemented under the Burmese military regime since 1978, and examines their consequential and varying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138964530
• ISBN13: 9781138964532
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"