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The Seminar on Institutional Change in Burma/Myanmar. A Framework for Discussions. The Birth and Growth of the Militarized State in Burma/Myanmar. Defence. Ethnic Groups. Leisure/ Sport . Family. The Party. Polit Bureau. Totalitarian System. Culture/Art. Economy. Education. Politics.
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The Seminar on Institutional Change in Burma/Myanmar • A Framework for Discussions
The Birth and Growth of the Militarized State in Burma/Myanmar
Defence Ethnic Groups Leisure/Sport Family The Party Polit Bureau Totalitarian System Culture/Art Economy Education Politics Science/Tech. Religions Mass Org. The “Masses” Professional Org. Bureaucracy People
Defence Professional Org. Formal and Informal Economies Culture/Art AuthoritarianMilitary System Junta The Masses Science/Tech. Techno/Commercial Elite Mass Organizations. Ethnic Groups Bureaucracy Religions Political Opposition Education
Religions Technocratic/ Commercial Elite Culture/Art Economies Mass Org Defence Junta Bureaucracy People/Communities Junta Science/Tech Political Opposition Reform/Liberalization Process
Culture/Art Federal Democratic State Religions Formal and Informal Economies Central Bank Judiciary Ethnic/Citizen Groups Labour Defence Bureaucracy/Executive Legislature Political Opposition Professional Organizations Federal Democratic Myanmar
` Exiles UN Russia USA China Junta EU Ethnics NLD India Media Human Rights NGOs ASEAN The (Burma) Politics of “Negative Relevance”
From Dictatorship to Democracy Status Quo Militarized/militant and Mutually Hostile Politics between the regime and Society where political, economic and cultural processes are of Zero Sum nature – Burma Initial Reform/liberalization - Reversible Transition Semi-Democratic Process where the military retains its economic privileges, but consents to its reduced role in politics, economy and culture and cooperates on institutional changes. The birth & evolution of Democratic Politics - Irreversible Transition Participatory/Representative Democracy Federalist State State-Private Economic Cooperation