Burma

by Peter Carey

Published 28 July 1997
'The way forward can only be through a mature political process that will reconcile widely differing points of view and achieve consensus on the challenges that confront our nation and our people. Burma...confronts this issue by acknowledging the validity of contrasting and even conflicting opinions.' - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi An up-to-date collection of essays by leading academics and Burma specialists covering some of the key economic, ethnic, political and social problems which currently confront Burma. The book is divided into four parts: Politics and Constitution Making, Foreign Policy, Views from the Periphery, and the Challenges of Development. Peter Carey's introduction provides a useful historical background, and assesses the political prospects for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy following her 1995 release.