• Login
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    Political Economy: An Overview 
    •   QMRO Home
    • School of Politics & International Relations
    • School of Politics and International Relations
    • Political Economy: An Overview
    •   QMRO Home
    • School of Politics & International Relations
    • School of Politics and International Relations
    • Political Economy: An Overview
    ‌
    ‌

    Browse

    All of QMROCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects
    ‌
    ‌

    Administrators only

    Login
    ‌
    ‌

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Political Economy: An Overview

    View/Open
    Submitted version (88.30Kb)
    Editors
    SIMPSON, A
    FARRELLY, N
    HOLLIDAY, I
    Publisher
    Routledge
    Location
    Abingdon
    Journal
    Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This chapter provides a basic overview of Myanmar’s political economy, to help contextualise the rest of this section. It explains the failure of ‘socialist’ development in Myanmar (1947-1988) due to structural problems afflicting many developing less-developed countries. It then explores politicised marketisation processes since 1988. Growth has occurred, consolidating forces loyal to the state. However, growth was concentrated in extractive sectors, cementing Myanmar’s structural position as a producer and exporter of raw commodities. This has generated a rapacious, uneven and often violent mode of development, and a configuration of socio-political forces less amenable to liberal reform than to violent conflict.
    Authors
    JONES, L
    URI
    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/14801
    Collections
    • School of Politics and International Relations [726]
    Licence information
    © 2017 Routledge
    Twitter iconFollow QMUL on Twitter
    Twitter iconFollow QM Research
    Online on twitter
    Facebook iconLike us on Facebook
    • Site Map
    • Privacy and cookies
    • Disclaimer
    • Accessibility
    • Contacts
    • Intranet
    • Current students

    Modern Slavery Statement

    Queen Mary University of London
    Mile End Road
    London E1 4NS
    Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5555

    © Queen Mary University of London.