8 Governance and Political Legitimacy in the Peace Process

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Map of Myanmar viii
5. 1 Contemporary Myanmar: Setting the Stage 1
6. Part 1: The Political Realm
7. 2 Myanmar’s Coercive Apparatus: The Long Road to Reform 13
8. 3 The Persistence of Military Dominance 37
9. 4 Emerging Patterns of Parliamentary Politics 59
10. 5 Conceptions of Justice and the Rule of Law 89
11. 6 Buddhism, Politics, and Political Change 115
12. 7 Ethnic Politics in a Time of Change 135
13. 8 Governance and Political Legitimacy in the Peace Process 159
14. Part 2: Issues of Socioeconomic Development
15. 9 Planning for Social and Economic Development 191
16. 10 Economic Reforms: Expectations and Realities 217
17. 11 Re-envisioning Land Rights and Land Tenure 243
18. Part 3: Myanmar’s International Relations
19. 12 China and Myanmar: Moving Beyond Mutual Dependence 267
20. 13 US-Myanmar Relations: Development, Challenges, and Implications 289
21. Part 4: Conclusion
22. 14 The Road Toward Change and Development 319
23. List of Acronyms 333
24. Appendix A: Economic and Social Data 337
25. Appendix B: Geographic Name Changes 341
26. Bibliography 343
27. The Contributors 363
28. Index 365
29. About the Book 376