POLI 369 Lecture 10: Poli 369 Lecture 10
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10/15/2015: anti fascist people"s freedom league (afpfl, aung san suu kyi, general ne win, slorc = state, law, and order restoring council, national league for democracy, 2007 saffrom revolution, rohingya. Precis question = what are the challenges to democratization in. 48-62: young democracy that held 4 elections, seemed like it was. Burma or vietnam? (choose one) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) becoming a substantive democracy. Challenge and instability integrating ethnic groups (cid:1) Ethnic burmans = 2/3 of countries but more than 1/3 are minorities - (cid:1) Leading party - anti fascist people"s freedom league (afpfl) (cid:1) Tatmadaw = army (kachen 9%, karen 7%, arakan 4%, chinese 3%, (cid:1) Sought to fragment country in policy of indirect rule. In state, recruited many minorities into civil (cid:1) servants, police and military. Fragmenting the country and weakening the power of major ethnic group .