xxxiii, 342 pages : 24 cm

Sheds new lights on this reclusive states by exploring issues of authority and legitimacy in ppolitics, economics, social structure and culture since the popular uprising and military coup of 1988. Includes the complex, ever-changing relationship between Thailand and Myanmar

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index

Ch. 1. Setting the stage: the crisis of 1988 and its origin -- Ch. 2. The social and political backdrop to the crisis: Myanmar's modern heritage -- Ch. 3. The military and the aftermath of the coup -- Ch. 4. Mass mobilization, civil society, and orthodoxy -- Ch. 5. Economic changes: progress and regression -- Ch. 6. Multiethnicity and the Burmese state -- Ch. 7. The politics of social issues -- Ch. 8. Foreign affairs: Myanmar as regional nexus -- Ch. 9. Foreign assistance: tensions and needs -- Ch. 10. Conclusion: Burma/Myanmar -- its future and the dilemmas of foreign policy

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