David I Steinberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 740085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David I Steinberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | David I |
| FAMILY NAME | Steinberg |
| SIGNATURE | STEINBERG D I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 64 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 63 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Republic of Korea: Economic Transformation and Social Change
This book concentrates on the process of economic growth, for which Korea today is renowned. It examines some of the salient forces that helped to produce Korea's remarkable change and explores the evolution of the class structure in Korea and the changes it is now experiencing.
Republic of Korea: Economic Transformation and Social Change
Korean Society and Culture
Burma's Road Toward Development: Growth and Ideology Under Military Rule
A liberalization of economic policies has inspired considerable economic growth and encouraged the development of Burma's natural resources, but, according to David Steinberg, the current military government is akin to previous civilian governments in its commitment to socialism as a vehicle for development. The economic flexibility demonstrated by the government has not been matched by political liberalization, and as a result, economic growth r…
The World
The quintessential orientation of foreign policy since independence has been neutralism. Originally driven by the Cold War and the Sino-Soviet rivalry in the context of the geo-strategic position of Burma, it was also a product of its fissiparous internal political spectrum. Socialism has since been discredited in Myanmar by inept management, if dirigiste tendencies have not. But if such balance in international relations has been perceived by mu…
Korean Attitudes Toward the United States: Changing Dynamics
This is the first book-length work in English dealing with the crucial and troubled relationship between Korea and the United States. Leading scholars in the field examine the various historical, political, cultural, and psychological aspects of Korean-American relations in the context of American global and East Asian relationships, especially with Japan
Myanmar: The Dynamics of an Evolving Polity
Myanmar: The Dynamics of an Evolving Polity. Edited by David Steinberg. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015. Hardcover: 376pp. In November 2015 national elections will take place in Myanmar. These elections, upon which both much hope and trepidation are hoisted, will bring down the curtain on the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein. An administration intermediating between fifty years of overt military rule, and someth…
Myanmar and the United States, Closing and Opening Doors: An Idiosyncratic Analysis
An Idiosyncratic Analysis United State and Myanmar relations have profoundly altered for the better during President Obama’s tenure in office. They have helped Myanmar move along a trajectory of progress with a speed that few could have predicted. But the credit for these changes must go to first to those elements of the Myanmar leadership within the tatmadaw, outside of it, and in the opposition who fostered such changes. The external elements a…
The SLORC/SPDC Era (1988–Present): Continuation of Military Power
The September 18, 1988, military transfer of power, in a sense a “coup by consent,” that produced the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) was designed to continue military control by alternative means. As war, according to Carl von Clausewitz, is nothing but the...
The Power of Positive Change
Introduction Events in Myanmar since the elections of November 7, 2010, have profoundly altered the internal mood of much of Myanmar society and have surprised Burmese and seasoned foreign observers of the Myanmar scene. The pessimism that pervaded the society prior to the November 2010...
Independence and the Civilian Government (1948–1962): Mixed Heritages
The civilian government, which lasted from independence in 1948 until the military coup of 1962 (with a military interregnum in 1958–1960), has variously been resurrected as a positive or negative guide to the political future of Myanmar. Many observers believe that the representative parliamentary democratic...
The Nature of Burmese Politics
The generalizations that follow—as difficult to form as they are necessary if we are to gauge and anticipate the country’s prospects—should not be interpreted as either rigid or deterministic. They lie along a spectrum, one in the eyes of this writer, and are tendencies that...
The Colonial Era’s Importance in Understanding Burma/Myanmar Today
The colonial period lasted a relatively short time in its domination of the whole country—only from 1885 to 1948. Its impact, however, has been of far greater significance than one might expect from only two generations of foreign rule, the shortest of the colonial experiences...
The Crises That Are Burma/Myanmar
This chapter and those that follow, all written before the change in government based on the elections in November 2010, are left intact to encourage the reader to reflect on how the state was perceived both by its inhabitants and external observers at that time....
Important Residues from the Precolonial Period
The Burmese look with increasing pride on their precolonial history. No group has more assiduously made contemporary use of the record of approximately 1,000 years of Burman hegemony of the region we now call Burma/Myanmar and some neighboring areas than the present State Law and...
The Military Coup, the Socialist Period (1962–1988), and the Perpetuation of Military Rule
The military coup of March 2, 1962, in retrospect, seemed designed to accomplish four goals: ensure that the Union of Burma would not be dismantled through minority secession, free Burma from what the military regarded as incompetent and corrupt civilian rule, strengthen the socialist base...
Coda
This Coda was written in the summer of 2009. See chapter 9 for a reassessment. The prognosis for early socioeconomic progress in Myanmar is not sanguine, and that for politics is marginal. In spite of tatmadaw protestations to the contrary, there will be...
Preliminary Notes
All names in Burma/Myanmar are personal—there are no surnames, even within the same nuclear family. When Burmese nationals publish or travel abroad, one of their names may be used as an unofficial surname for practical purposes. Names may be one to four syllables. Female names often have a double syllable (e.g., Lin Lin Aung). Names are normally preceded by a title based on a family designation: Western titles are also used: Doctor, General, Seni…
Issues in Myanmar’s Future
Winston Churchill once characterized Russian policy as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” We might apply the same analogy to Burma/Myanmar’s future for all the diverse reasons previously discussed. As Dante Alighieri wrote in the Divine Comedy , soothsayers go to...
Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know®
It is unlikely that any country in Asia in recent years has undergone such internal policy shifts in so short a time as Myanmar. Until recently, the former British colony had one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, a country where Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was held in continual house arrest and human rights were denied to nearly all. Yet events in Myanmar since the elections of November 2010 hav…
On China–Myanmar Relations
The Problem of Democracy in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Neither Nation-State Nor State-Nation
Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia.”—Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding Director, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia.“Now…
Myanmar in 2010: The Elections Year and Beyond
Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia."- Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding DirectorInstitute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia"Now i…
Korea's Changing Roles in Southeast Asia: Expanding Influence and Relations
Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Policy toward Burma/Myanmar
No living foreigner has shaped contemporary U.S. attitudes toward a single country more than Aung San Suu Kyi. As the seemingly vulnerable international avatar of democracy, she has effectively determined the parameters of possible U.S. policy choices. Although her Burma/Myanmar specific goals and those of the U.S. overlap, they are not contiguous. That country is a “boutique” issue in U.S. politics – important but not of the highest priority. Th…
Tensions in South Korean Political Parties in Transition: From Entourage to Ideology
South Korea's political parties, previously characterized as vehicles by leaders to recruit entourages to win presidential elections, are becoming more ideologically oriented. The ruling party's new left-wing elites and a new labor party are central to these tensions between entourage and ideology. Growing ideological orientation may affect both political development and the ROK-U.S. alliance
Myanmar: The Dynamics of an Evolving Polity
Myanmar: The Dynamics of an Evolving Polity. Edited by David Steinberg. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015. Hardcover: 376pp. In November 2015 national elections will take place in Myanmar. These elections, upon which both much hope and trepidation are hoisted, will bring down the curtain on the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein. An administration intermediating between fifty years of overt military rule, and someth…
Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know®
It is unlikely that any country in Asia in recent years has undergone such internal policy shifts in so short a time as Myanmar. Until recently, the former British colony had one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, a country where Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was held in continual house arrest and human rights were denied to nearly all. Yet events in Myanmar since the elections of November 2010 hav…
Burma's Road Toward Development: Growth and Ideology Under Military Rule
A liberalization of economic policies has inspired considerable economic growth and encouraged the development of Burma's natural resources, but, according to David Steinberg, the current military government is akin to previous civilian governments in its commitment to socialism as a vehicle for development. The economic flexibility demonstrated by the government has not been matched by political liberalization, and as a result, economic growth r…
The United States and Myanmar: A 'Boutique Issue
Journal Article The United States and Myanmar: a 'boutique issue'? Get access DAVID I. STEINBERG DAVID I. STEINBERG 1Distinguished Professor and Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 175–194, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00874.x Published: 18 January 2010
Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Policy toward Burma/Myanmar
No living foreigner has shaped contemporary U.S. attitudes toward a single country more than Aung San Suu Kyi. As the seemingly vulnerable international avatar of democracy, she has effectively determined the parameters of possible U.S. policy choices. Although her Burma/Myanmar specific goals and those of the U.S. overlap, they are not contiguous. That country is a “boutique” issue in U.S. politics – important but not of the highest priority. Th…
The United States and Its Allies: The Problem of Burma/Myanmar Policy
Significant differences in policies towards Burma/Myanmar are apparent among the United States and its allies: Japan, Australia, Thailand and the European Union (EU). The most restrictive sanctions have been imposed by the U.S., followed by the EU, while Japan and Thailand have been more liberal in their policies. The sanctions regimen, which to date has failed to achieve its goal of regime change, is based on a set of assumptions that opponents …
Korean Attitudes toward the United States: Changing Dynamics
Foreword, Robert L. Gallucci Introduction Anti-American Sentiment in the Korean Context, David I. Steinberg Part I. Global, Regional, and Comparative Perspectives 1. in the Age of American Unipolarity, G. John Ikenberry 2. Pacific Co-Prosperity? The San Francisco System and Its Implications in Comparative Perspective, Kent E. Calder 3. in Japan, Brad Glosserman 4. A Japanese Perspective on Anti-Americanism, Yoichi Funabashi 5. Unilateralism and I…
Korea: Triumph Amid Turmoil
Korea: Triumph Amid Turmoil David I. Steinberg (bio) On 18 December 1997, veteran democratic dissident Kim Dae Jung of the National Congress for New Politics won a razor-thin plurality victory in his campaign to become president of the Republic of Korea. The identity of the winner—who would get to serve one nonrenewable five-year term—was in doubt until the very last popular-vote tallies, which showed Kim edging out the establishment candidate, L…
Burma. A Socialist Nation of Southeast Asia
Sociopolitical factors and Korea's future economic policies
Burma's Road Toward Development. Growth and Ideology under Military Rule
The Problem of Democracy in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Neither Nation-State Nor State-Nation
Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia.”—Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding Director, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia.“Now…
Myanmar as nexus: Sino‐Indian rivalries on the frontier
The economic emergence of Burma (Myanmar) from its socialist autarkic isolation in 1988 did not change the internal distribution of power, which remains in military hands. It did, however, encourage the internal and foreign private sectors within state‐defined bounds, and legalized the overland smuggling trade. This reform thus created new economic rivalries among Burma's neighbors. China, Thailand, and India all play significant roles, but Chine…
South Korean Development: The Elusive Reality of Conflicts and Contradictions
Myanmar and the United States, Closing and Opening Doors: An Idiosyncratic Analysis
An Idiosyncratic Analysis United State and Myanmar relations have profoundly altered for the better during President Obama’s tenure in office. They have helped Myanmar move along a trajectory of progress with a speed that few could have predicted. But the credit for these changes must go to first to those elements of the Myanmar leadership within the tatmadaw, outside of it, and in the opposition who fostered such changes. The external elements a…
Burma/Myanmar and the Dilemmas of U.S. Foreign Policy
Myanmar in 1992: Plus Ca Change
Burma in 1982: Incomplete Transitions
Research Article| February 01 1983 Burma in 1982: Incomplete Transitions David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1954) 23 (2): 165–171. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644348 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Ci…
Development Lessons from the Korean Experience—A Review Article
The Harvard University–Korea Development Institute eight-volume study of Korean economic development from 1945 to 1975 represents what is probably the single most comprehensive attempt to document economic change in a developing society. Although the volumes concentrate on economics, important omissions are evident, most of them because of the dearth of contributions from noneconomic social scientists and the orientations of the sponsoring instit…
Burma
Essay| December 01 1980 Burma: Ne Win After Two Decades David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Author, Burma: The Road Toward Development, Growth and Ideology under Military Rule David I. Steinberg was the assistant representative of The Asia Foundation in Burma for four years, and has revisited Burma five times. He is the author of Burma; The Road Toward Development, Growth and Ideology under Military Rule (Boulder: Westview Press, 1981). Search …
Burma Under the Military: Towards a Chronology
Development Lessons from the Korean Experience—A Review Article
The Harvard University–Korea Development Institute eight-volume study of Korean economic development from 1945 to 1975 represents what is probably the single most comprehensive attempt to document economic change in a developing society. Although the volumes concentrate on economics, important omissions are evident, most of them because of the dearth of contributions from noneconomic social scientists and the orientations of the sponsoring instit…
Economic Growth with Equity? The Burmese Experience
Burma's Road Toward Development. Growth and Ideology under Military Rule
Group Farming in Asia. Experiences and Potentials
Burma ́s Third Four‐Year Plan: Half‐way to Socialism and Industrialization
current moderate flurry of interest in Burma on the part of the West is a product of both greater Burmese involvement in foreign eco nomic relations and the growing international understanding of advances in the Burmese economy over the past half decade. Although this titillation is still muted compared with the interest in many other nations of the region, it varies markedly from the relative neglect of that country since the military coup of 2 …
Burma in 1982: Incomplete Transitions
Research Article| February 01 1983 Burma in 1982: Incomplete Transitions David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1954) 23 (2): 165–171. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644348 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Ci…
Burma. A Socialist Nation of Southeast Asia
The Industrial Potential of Rural Asia
Burma in 1983: The Dilemmas of Neutralism and Succession
Research Article| February 01 1984 Burma in 1983: The Dilemmas of Neutralism and Succession David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1955) 24 (2): 195–200. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644438 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon …
Burma In 1984: Unasked Questions, Unanswered Issues
La Birmanie ou la Quete de l'Unite. Le Probleme de la Cohesion Nationale dans la Birmanie Contemporaine et sa Perspective Historique
Sociopolitical factors and Korea's future economic policies
Crisis in Burma
Essay| April 01 1989 Crisis in Burma David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Author, Burma: A Socialist Nation of Southeast Asia David I. Steinberg is the past president of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs and the author of Burma: A Socialist Nation of Southeast Asia (Boulder: Westview Press, 1982) and The Republic of Korea: Economic Transformation and Social Change (Boulder: Westview Press, 1988). Search for other works by this author on: …
International Rivalries in Burma: The Rise of Economic Competition
South Korean Development: The Elusive Reality of Conflicts and Contradictions
Democracy, Power, and the Economy in Myanmar: Donor Dilemmas
Research Article| August 01 1991 Democracy, Power, and the Economy in Myanmar: Donor Dilemmas David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (8): 729–742. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645226 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite…
Myanmar 1991: Military Intransigence
The claim that Myanmar (Burma)1 is unique is necessarily, tautologically, accurate when describing history and culture. Its preservation is a constant theme of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), as this essay will attest below, and no doubt strikes a responsive chord among the Burmans. The admonition, so consistently and loudly articulated, to preserve cultural tradition in the light of what to the SLORC is perceived as foreign …
The Role of International Aid in Myanmar ́ Development
Myanmar in 1991: The Miasma in Burma
Research Article| February 01 1992 Myanmar in 1991: The Miasma in Burma David I. Steinberg David I. Steinberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (2): 146–153. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645212 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation David I. Ste…
Korea Briefing, 1991
Myanmar as nexus: Sino‐Indian rivalries on the frontier
The economic emergence of Burma (Myanmar) from its socialist autarkic isolation in 1988 did not change the internal distribution of power, which remains in military hands. It did, however, encourage the internal and foreign private sectors within state‐defined bounds, and legalized the overland smuggling trade. This reform thus created new economic rivalries among Burma's neighbors. China, Thailand, and India all play significant roles, but Chine…
Liberalization in Myanmar: How Real Are the Changes
The State Law and Order Restoration Council regime in Myanmar has over the post one and a half years undertaken aspects of political liberalization that have been both cosmetic and sub stantive in nature. Important continuities, such as direct military authority over civilian affairs, are, however, still apparent. This article argues that both the changes and continuities in Myanmar have not altered the basic nature of its body politic. In fact, …
Myanmar in 1992: Plus Ca Change
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