Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. State-society relations in Southeast Asia
  • 3. Minorities and state-building in Mainland Southeast Asia
  • 4. British policy towards Myanmar and the creation of the 'Burma Problem'
  • 5. Between democracy and economic development : Japan's policy towards Burma/Myanmar then and now
  • 6. Legitimacy in Burma/Myanmar : concepts and implications
  • 7. Associational life in Myanmar : past and present
  • 8. Mapping in contours of human security challenges in Myanmar