Contents

pp v-vii

List of Maps

pp viii-viii

List of Tables

pp viii-viii

List of Figures

pp ix-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

Contributors and Editors

pp xiii-xiv

Part I - Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - Myanmar's conflicted politics

pp 3-22

Part II - War and Order

pp 23-24

2 - The politics of policymaking in transitional government: A case study of the ethnic peace process in Myanmar

pp 25-46

3 - Reexamining the centrality of ethnic identity to the Kachin conflict

pp 47-66

4 - A feminist political economy analysis of insecurity and violence in Kachin State

pp 67-90

5 - Pacifying the margins: The Pa-O Self-Administered Zone and the political order in southern Shan State

pp 91-120

6 - Landmines as a form of community protection in eastern Myanmar

pp 121-136

Part III - Elections and After

pp 137-138

7 - The 2015 elections and conflict dynamics in Myanmar

pp 139-162

8 - Institutions in Myanmar's 2015 election: The election commission, international agencies, and the military

pp 163-176

9 - Ethnicity and Buddhist nationalism in the 2015 Rakhine State election results

pp 177-198

10 - The Hluttaw and conflicts in Myanmar

pp 199-220

11 - Legislating reform? Law and conflict in Myanmar

pp 221-242

Part IV - Us and Them

pp 243-244

12 - Making sense of reactions to communal violence in Myanmar

pp 245-260

13 - Public perceptions of a divided Myanmar: Findings from the 2015 Myanmar Asian Barometer Survey

pp 261-284

14 - On Islamophobes and Holocaust deniers: Making sense of violence, in Myanmar and elsewhere

pp 285-312

15 - Buddhist welfare and the limits of big ‘P’ politics in provincial Myanmar

pp 313-332

16 - Threat perceptions in the Myanmar–Bangladesh borderlands

pp 333-350

Part V - Conclusion

pp 351-352

17 - Myanmar and the promise of the political

pp 353-366

Abbreviations and Key Terms

pp 367-370