Outsourcing the Polity : Non-State Welfare, Inequality, and Resistance in Myanmar /

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"Drawing on extensive political ethnography during Myanmar's decade of partial civilian rule (2011-2021), this book offers a new account of austerity and capitalism in Myanmar since independence in 1948 and examines how ideals and practices of non-state welfare can both sustain democratic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCarthy, Gerard (Gerard T. J.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social service > Contracting out.
Social policy.
Social conditions.
Public welfare > Contracting out.
Economic history.
Social service > Contracting out > Burma.
Public welfare > Contracting out > Burma.
Burma.
Burma > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Burma > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Burma > Social conditions > 21st century.
Burma > Social conditions > 20th century.
Burma > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Social Outsourcing and Inequality
  • Distributive Politics since Colonization
  • Post-Socialist Welfare Outsourcing
  • Disasters and the Polity
  • Democracy, Freedom, and Morality
  • Philanthropy and Wealth Defense
  • Self-Reliance and Entitlement
  • Conclusion: Path-Dependence and Welfare Regime Change.

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