CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Htet, Hein |
|---|---|
| Title | Staying Away from Democratization: Ethnic Cleavages and the Long Life of the Military Regime in Myanmar |
| Summary | Myanmar’s military regime distinguished itself from the other military regimes by surviving more than two decades as a pure military regime without being replaced by another authoritarian one or being democratized. Despite the different explanations, existing literature agreed on the fact that military regimes are fragile, and they are relatively easier to be democratized. Thus, the longevity of Myanmar’s military regime is an exceptional case and remains unexplained theoretically. Why could it survive for more than two decades? In this research proposal, I will show that the longevity of Myanmar’s military regime needs not a new theory and the existing theory that explain the longevity of one-party authoritarian regimes can also apply to Myanmar’s military regime. I argue that a military regime in Myanmar could last in office because it can adopt the functions that the one-party regimes carry out |
| Supervisor | Carsten Q. Schneider |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/htet_hein.pdf |
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