Federalism, Democracy and Civil Society

Federalism, Democracy and Civil Society

Addresses key political questions that Myanmar is facing including analysis of both institutional and policy environments and conceptual contests.

Federalism

Michael Breen and Soe Htet (eds.) 2026 Federal Design in Myanmar: A Pathway for Unity, Stability, and Inclusivity Palgrave MacMillon

He, B., Breen, M. G. & Allison-Reumann, L. (2023). Comparative Federalism. Asia Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003346784

He, B. & Breen, M. G. (2021). Deliberative Democracy in Asia (1st ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003102441-1

Breen, M. G. (2022). "Federalism and Conflict Resolution in Nepal and Myanmar." In Emerging Federal Structures in the Post-Cold War Era, 1 ed., edited by Keil, Soeren, and Kropp, Sabine, 141-163. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93669-3_7

Democracy

Wells, T. (2021). Narrating Democracy in Myanmar: The Struggle Between Activists, Democratic Leaders and Aid Workers (1 ed.). Amsterdam University Press. doi:10.1515/9789048553792

Wells, T., Htet, S., Breen, M., (2024) ‘Conflict in Myanmar Paves the Way for a New Way of Democracy’. The Diplomat, June 2024. doi:10.54377/f08b-fa3f

Breen, M. & Decobert, A. (2021). Is the military coup in Myanmar the death knell of democracy and federalism? Melbourne Asia Review, 5 doi:10.37839/mar2652-550x5.15

Civil society

Pyae Eain, P. H., (2024) 'The growth of inter-ethnic solidarity among Myanmar university students after the military coup' Melbourne Asia Review. 18. doi:10.37839/MAR2652-550X18.4

Well, T. & Lamb, V. (2020). Dilemmas for advocacy organisations in Myanmar’s changing political landscape. Melbourne Asia Review, 1 pp. 1-9. doi:10.37839/mar2652-550x1.2

Wells, T. (2022). Challenges for Myanmar’s Civil Society: Depoliticization and Yangon’s Urban Development under the NLD Government. Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia (pp. 129–143). doi:10.4324/9781003256809-10

Doffegnies, A. & Wells, T. (2021). The Vernacularization of Human Rights Discourse in Myanmar: Rejection, Hybridization and Strategic Avoidance. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 52(2), pp. 247–266. doi:10.1080/00472336.2020.1865432

Wells, T. & Lamb, V. (2021). The imaginary of a modern city: Post-politics and Myanmar's urban development. Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies, 59(14), pp. 2875–2892. doi:10.1177/00420980211044006

Wells, T. 2018. ‘Democratic “freedom” in Myanmar’, Asian Journal of Political Science 26(1), pp.1-15.