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Introduction: "This paper aims to conceptualize Myanmar?s current political system in federalism context by
viewing relevant typologies, and models. It also intends to produce a new federalism
typology/model that can be applicable to analyzing and predicting Myanmar?s political architecture.
The paper argues that transitional Myanmar is considered as a presidential-devolutionary
federation with hybrid characteristics, combining various unitary and federal elements. More
specifically and in dimensions relating to democratization and ethnic conflict management, which
are significant in viewing the country?s current politics, Myanmar is an oscillating state, pivoting on
two different extreme poles (strong unity and strong autonomy or highly centralized unitarianism
and highly decentralized federalism); thus making the state dependent much on uncertain-unstable
circumstances and the country?s federalization tends to be closely related to the fluctuation of
power negotiations/competitions between two dominant stakeholders, composing of central
government and ethnic opposition groups...".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
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International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of Publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry:
2015-08-10
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