Drugs, insurgency and state-building in Burma: Why the drugs trade is central to Burma's changing political order

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-404

  Meehan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUGS TRADE; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; STATE BUILDING; STATE ROLE;

MYANMAR;

EID: 84855586351     PISSN: 00224634     EISSN: 14740680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022463411000336     Document Type: Article

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