Explaining Myanmar’s regime transition: The periphery is central

Democratization

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 780-802

  Jones, Lee ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burma; Ethnic conflict; Liberalization; Myanmar; Political economy; Sanctions; State building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893019123     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2013.863878     Document Type: Article

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