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What issues will Myanmar need to address as it moves beyond the immediate complexities of a transition from an authoritarian state to a more pluralistic polity? How will the new government navigate the challenges--some new, some old--of increasing public participation, persistent coercive forces, economic transformation, ethnic tensions, varying conceptions of the role of law, and more? The authors of this forward-looking volume offer a careful, timely analysis of the kaleidoscopic array of changes occurring in Myanmar and consider the potential long-term impact of those changes for both the country and the region.<br> <br> CONTENTS: <ul> <li>Contemporary Myanmar: Setting the Stage--D.I. Steinberg.</li> <li>THE POLITICAL REALM.</li> <li>Myanmar's Coercive Apparatus: The Long Road to Reform--A. Selth.</li> <li>The Persistence of Military Domination--D.I. Steinberg.</li> <li>Re-emerging Patterns of Parliamentary Politics--R. Egreteau.</li> <li>Conceptions of Justice vs. the Rule of Law--E. Prasse-Freeman.</li> <li>Buddhism, Politics, and Political Change--M. Walton.</li> <li>Ethnic Politics in a Time of Change--M. Smith.</li> <li>Governance and Political Legitimacy in the Peace Process--A. South.</li> <li>ISSUES OF SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.</li> <li>Planning for Social and Economic Development--L. Rieffel.</li> <li>Macroeconomic Reform vs. Microeconomic Reality--M. Thuzar and T.M.M. Than.</li> <li>Re-envisioning Land Tenure and Land Use--C. Fink.</li> <li>MYANMAR'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.</li> <li>China, Myanmar, and Their Neighbors--Y. Sun.</li> <li>US-Myanmar Relations: Developments, Challenges, and Implications--J. Haacke.</li> <li>CONCLUSION.</li> <li>The Road Toward Change and Development--D.I. Steinberg.</li> </ul>