Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of maps viii
4. List of tables viii
5. List of Figures ix
6. Acknowledgements xi
7. Contributors and Editors xiii
8. I. Introduction
9. 1. Myanmar’s conflicted politics 3
10. II. War and Order
11. 2. The politics of policymaking in transitional government 25
12. 3. Reexamining the centrality of ethnic identity to the Kachin conflict 47
13. 4. A feminist political economy analysis of insecurity and violence in Kachin State 67
14. 5. Pacifying the margins 91
15. 6. Landmines as a form of community protection in eastern Myanmar 121
16. III. Elections and After
17. 7. The 2015 elections and conflict dynamics in Myanmar 139
18. 8. Institutions in Myanmar’s 2015 election 163
19. 9. Ethnicity and Buddhist nationalism in the 2015 Rakhine State election results 177
20. 10. The Hluttaw and conflicts in Myanmar 199
21. 11. Legislating reform? 221
22. IV. Us and Them
23. 12. Making sense of reactions to communal violence in Myanmar 245
24. 13. Public perceptions of a divided Myanmar 261
25. 14. On Islamophobes and Holocaust deniers 285
26. 15. Buddhist welfare and the limits of big ‘P’ politics in provincial Myanmar 313
27. 16. Threat perceptions in the Myanmar–Bangladesh borderlands 333
28. V. Conclusion
29. 17. Myanmar and the promise of the political 353
30. Abbreviations and Key Terms 367
31. Index 371