TY - JOUR
T1 - Progress for Whom? And for what? A special issue of the journal of Burma studies: Editor's note
AU - Ferguson, Jane
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This issue of the Journal of Burma Studies proudly presents a special collection of papers on the topic of progress and what the term might mean in relation to Burma/Myanmar studies. News reports and scholarly works on Myanmar politics in recent years, particularly following the State Peace and Development Council regime change, the elections, and the electoral wins of the National League for Democracy have used the moniker “transition†or “opening up†to describe the ongoing situation in the country. For this issue, instead, we solicited ideas around the broad—and value-laden—idea of “Progress for Whom? And for What?†This issue offers a variety of considerations of how the concept might be understood or animated at different political, social, and cultural moments.
AB - This issue of the Journal of Burma Studies proudly presents a special collection of papers on the topic of progress and what the term might mean in relation to Burma/Myanmar studies. News reports and scholarly works on Myanmar politics in recent years, particularly following the State Peace and Development Council regime change, the elections, and the electoral wins of the National League for Democracy have used the moniker “transition†or “opening up†to describe the ongoing situation in the country. For this issue, instead, we solicited ideas around the broad—and value-laden—idea of “Progress for Whom? And for What?†This issue offers a variety of considerations of how the concept might be understood or animated at different political, social, and cultural moments.
U2 - 10.1353/jbs.2018.0010
DO - 10.1353/jbs.2018.0010
M3 - Article
SN - 1094-799X
VL - 22
SP - vii-xii
JO - Journal of Burma Studies
JF - Journal of Burma Studies
IS - 2
ER -