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Finding the political in Myanmar, a.k.a. Burma.

From the British colonial soldier-officials and amateur historians who sought to explain the behaviour of the Konbaung monarchy to contemporary academics who attempt to decipher the relationship between 'the people', or 'peoples', and the current military government, the political studies image of 'Burma / Myanmar' has been conducted through a glass darkly. Prognostications and prescriptions are part of the enterprise as interpreters try to see forward by looking backward. Often the prevailing ideological or foreign policy interests of the society or government from which the analyst hails has shaped their lenses. Sometimes they write in minute detail, but more often, and less ...

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