Book details

Myanmar in crisis : living with the pandemic and the coup / Justine Chambers, editors.

Part I: Introduction -- 1. Myanmar in ‘Crisis -- Part II: On Crisis -- 2. Myanmar’s Post-Coup ‘Crisis’: Reflections on a History of Failed Nation Building -- 3. The 2021 Military Coup: Causes and Consequences -- 4. COVID, Coup and Prisons: Exploring Crisis as Context in Myanmar -- Part III: A State in Crisis -- 6. Contested Political Authority in Post-Coup Myanmar -- 7. The CDM and Its Allies: Myanmar’s Heterogeneous Anticolonial Public(s) --Part IV: An Economic Crisis -- 8. The Myanmar Economy, COVID-19 and the Military Coup: Issues and Prospects for Recovery -- 9. COVID-19 as Crisis: Pandemic Challenges of Fishing Communities in Kyauk Myaung, on the Irrawaddy River -- 10. The Destabilisation of Myanmar: The Coup and Its Impact on Economic Conditions and International Business Investment -- Part V: International Relations in Crisis -- 11. Neutralism or Non-Alignment? Myanmar’s Recurring Foreign Policy Dilemma -- 12. Between Contact and Legitimation: International Responses to Myanmar’s Coup -- Part VI: Epilogue -- 13. On Disappointment and Hope: Myanmar Studies and the Multiple Crises -- Index.