Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - U Nu's liberal democracy and Buddhist communalism in modern Burma
AU - Kawanami, Koko
PY - 2016/3/15
Y1 - 2016/3/15
N2 - The chapter examines whether the religious and communal ideals pursued by Buddhist monks and liberal democratic policies implemented by Prime Minister U Nu during the period of democratization in the 1950s and 60s Burma were ever compatible, and engages with some of the socio-religious issues that continue to generate tension in a country currently undergoing major political reform.
AB - The chapter examines whether the religious and communal ideals pursued by Buddhist monks and liberal democratic policies implemented by Prime Minister U Nu during the period of democratization in the 1950s and 60s Burma were ever compatible, and engages with some of the socio-religious issues that continue to generate tension in a country currently undergoing major political reform.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781349847471
SP - 31
EP - 55
BT - Buddhism and the political process
A2 - Kawanami, Hiroko
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - New York
ER -