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Comparative and Foreign Law

Maurer School of Law: Indiana University

Burma

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Cracks In The Firmament Of Burma's Military Government: From Unity Through Coercion To Buying Support, David C. Williams Jan 2011

Cracks In The Firmament Of Burma's Military Government: From Unity Through Coercion To Buying Support, David C. Williams

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Despite holding recent elections, Burma’s military government does not intend to relinquish power; its new constitution guarantees the army the right to do whatever it wants. Democracy will therefore not come to Burma through legal, peaceful, incremental steps. Instead, democracy will come to Burma outside the legal process, because the basis for the regime’s power has changed, becoming markedly weaker. When it first seized power in 1961, the military was united and therefore able to rule through coercion alone. In the past several decades, by contrast, the generals have increasingly sought to purchase support by giving income and resource streams …


Ethnicity, Elections, And Reform In Burma, David C. Williams Jan 2011

Ethnicity, Elections, And Reform In Burma, David C. Williams

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Constitutionalism Before Constitutions: Burma's Struggle To Build A New Order, David C. Williams Jan 2009

Constitutionalism Before Constitutions: Burma's Struggle To Build A New Order, David C. Williams

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