Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar Thawnghmung Ardeth Maung
Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar Thawnghmung Ardeth Maung Reforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens' political activities. Citizens have coped with extreme hardship…
Specifikacia Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar Thawnghmung Ardeth Maung
Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar Thawnghmung Ardeth Maung
Reforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens' political activities. Citizens have coped with extreme hardship through great resourcefulness. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows, eking out a living from day to day leaves little time for civic engagement.
To frame her analysis, she provides context from countries with comparable political and economic situations. But by making bad situations more tolerable in the short term, these coping strategies may hinder the emergence of the democratic values needed to sustain the country's transition to a more open political environment.Thawnghmung conducted in-depth interviews and surveys of 372 individuals from all walks of life and across geographical locations in Myanmar between 2008 and 2015. Her findings will be welcomed by political scientists and policy analysts, as well by journalists and
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