Revising the ethnodevelopment model: Addressing Karen self-determination within the context of the failed ethnocratic state of military-ruled Burma

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-357

  Fong, Jack ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Burma; Ethnic conflict; Ethnocracy; Ethnodevelopment; Karen; Self determination

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; ETHNIC CLEANSING; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; SELF DETERMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 38549103589     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701495037     Document Type: Article

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