Behind The Teak Curtain: Authoritarianism, Agricultural Policies And Political Legitimacy In Rural Burma/Myanmar

Behind the Teak Curtain, "" the first fieldwork-based study of Burmese rural politics and development, examines the specific circumstances under which one of the most repressive and authoritative governments in the world enjoys popularity in the countryside. The book analyzes four agricultural policies that have been implemented under the Burmese military regime since 1978, and examines their consequential and varying impacts on rice farmers' attitudes toward central and local authorities. ""Behind the Teak Curtain"" provides first-hand information on Burmese rice farmers' conceptualizatio.

• • Author: Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, Thawnghmung
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Aug 04, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 278 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1138964530
• • ISBN-13: 9781138964532