The essential tension: Democratization and the unitary state in Myanmar (Burma)

South East Asia Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-212

  Tin, Maung Maung Than ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Constitution; Ethnic politics; National unity; State building

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ETHNOPOLITICS; MULTICULTURALISM; POLITICAL REFORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 4344690856     PISSN: 0967828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000041524725     Document Type: Article

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