Will democracy bring peace to Myanmar

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8093701
AutoresMarte Nilsen (0000-0001-5960-4173, Peace Research Institute Oslo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas115-141
Fecha de publicación2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Area Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2049-1123 • E-ISSN: 2233-8659
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2233865913492961
OpenAlexW2109469680
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas12

The objective of this article is to assess the current political developments in Myanmar and the impact of the democratic transition on the country’s persistent ethnic conflicts. It analyses the dynamics in the triangular relations between the ruling elite, the democratic opposition and the ethnic groups – the three necessary parties in any peace process. It also examines some of the internal lines of conflict within each of these parties and delineates four scenarios related to various possible outcomes of the elections in 2015. The argument of the article is that democratization does not in itself provide a viable solution to the war-torn country. Without a political process that involves all ethnic groups, aiming to target core problems in the Constitution and to secure genuine political representation and self-determination for Myanmar’s minority populations, there is little hope for lasting peace

Argument (complex analysis · Constitution · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Ethnic group · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Political Conflict and Governance · Law