Overturning the alms bowl: The price of survival and the consequences for political legitimacy in Burma

Australian Journal of International Affairs

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-314

  McCarthy, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIGION; SECURITY THREAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 49049083515     PISSN: 10357718     EISSN: 1465332X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357710802286767     Document Type: Article

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