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Article: A passage to Burma? India, development, and democratization in Myanmar
Title | A passage to Burma? India, development, and democratization in Myanmar |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Burma/Myanmar democracy promotion democratization development foreign assistance India-Burma relations |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13569775.asp |
Citation | Contemporary Politics, 2011, v. 17 n. 4, p. 467-486 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Since the 1990s, India has faced heavy criticism for its realist approach to Burmese affairs. Geopolitical imperatives indeed drove Delhi towards a closer partnership with its military-ruled neighbour. India, however, claims it plays a key role in fostering development in Burma; therefore, consolidating long-term democratization prospects there. This article aims to challenge this view. Using the literature on development and democracy, as well as interviews with Indian policy-makers, it will explore India's recent engagement with the Burmese socioeconomic landscape, and assess its democratizing impact. It argues that, despite an evident discourse shift since cyclone Nargis in 2008, India's development and infrastructure projects remain low-key and peripheral, its education and health assistance marginal and its transnational connections with the emerging Burmese civil society absent. India's own dilemmatic approach combined with Burmese traditional resistance impedes a broader Indian leverage. Unless a more diverse socioeconomic involvement is offered by Delhi in Burma and more knowledge about its evolving polity is nurtured at home, India will neither pave the way for pluralism to grow there nor alleviate its deep-rooted image deficit there. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/143951 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.801 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Egreteau, R | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-21T10:29:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-12-21T10:29:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Contemporary Politics, 2011, v. 17 n. 4, p. 467-486 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1356-9775 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/143951 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Since the 1990s, India has faced heavy criticism for its realist approach to Burmese affairs. Geopolitical imperatives indeed drove Delhi towards a closer partnership with its military-ruled neighbour. India, however, claims it plays a key role in fostering development in Burma; therefore, consolidating long-term democratization prospects there. This article aims to challenge this view. Using the literature on development and democracy, as well as interviews with Indian policy-makers, it will explore India's recent engagement with the Burmese socioeconomic landscape, and assess its democratizing impact. It argues that, despite an evident discourse shift since cyclone Nargis in 2008, India's development and infrastructure projects remain low-key and peripheral, its education and health assistance marginal and its transnational connections with the emerging Burmese civil society absent. India's own dilemmatic approach combined with Burmese traditional resistance impedes a broader Indian leverage. Unless a more diverse socioeconomic involvement is offered by Delhi in Burma and more knowledge about its evolving polity is nurtured at home, India will neither pave the way for pluralism to grow there nor alleviate its deep-rooted image deficit there. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13569775.asp | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Contemporary Politics | en_HK |
dc.subject | Burma/Myanmar | en_HK |
dc.subject | democracy promotion | en_HK |
dc.subject | democratization | en_HK |
dc.subject | development | en_HK |
dc.subject | foreign assistance | en_HK |
dc.subject | India-Burma relations | en_HK |
dc.title | A passage to Burma? India, development, and democratization in Myanmar | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Egreteau, R: egreteau@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Egreteau, R=rp00855 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13569775.2011.619771 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84860774270 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 197877 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860774270&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 467 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 486 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-3631 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000312860300007 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Egreteau, R=25958631600 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1356-9775 | - |