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Ethnics Politics in Burma: States of Conflict.

Publication: Contemporary Southeast Asia
Publication Date: 01-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ethnics Politics in Burma: States of Conflict.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Ethnics Politics in Burma: States of Conflict. By Ashley South. Abingdon: Routledge, 2008. Hardcover: 277pp.

The political deadlock in Myanmar has recently diverted international attention from the countries vexed ethnic minority politics. Yet as Ashley South outlines in this book, the nature of state-society relations between the military government and multitudes of ethnic minority communities remains at the core of solving Myanmar's intractable problems of national reconciliation, and overcoming increasing levels of poverty and social misery. South emphasizes two interlinked conflicts: the struggle for a democratically elected government in Myanmar, and the struggles for self-determination of non-Burman communities.

The book looks at these issues by dividing zones of governance and control into three areas: zones of ongoing conflict, government controlled areas and ceasefire zones. In Myanmar's horseshoe geography of conflict and ethnicity along borders with Thailand, Laos, China, India and Bangladesh, the challenges of...

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