The Geopolitics and Economics of Burma's Military Regime, 1962-2007. Understanding SPDC Tyranny
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12810942 |
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| Authors | Donald M Seekins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466007022401 |
| OpenAlex | W4410180376 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Is anything new under the sun in military-ruled Burma? On August 15, 2007, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) military junta ordered a cut in subsidies for gasoline products, resulting in a 100 percent price increase for diesel oil and as much as 500 percent for compressed natural gas. The decree was unexpected, and imposed great hardship on people whose standard of living was already precarious. Public transport became unaffordable, forcing many people to walk to work. Food trucked in from rural areas became more expensive. Shop owners and business people could no longer afford diesel oil to fuel their generators, the only reliable source of electricity in Rangoon and most other places in Burma
Economics · Geopolitics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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