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BOOK REVIEW: "Review of Misunderstood Myanmar — An Introspective Study of a Southeast Asian State in Transition" by Koh Kim Seng

BOOK REVIEW: "Review of Misunderstood Myanmar — An Introspective Study of a Southeast Asian State... The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 58, No. 1 (2013) 1380003 (3 pages) © World Scientific Publishing Company DOI: 10.1142/S0217590813800039 BOOK REVIEW Published 28 January 2013 Review of Misunderstood Myanmar — An Introspective Study of a Southeast Asian State in Transition by Koh Kim Seng, Humanities Press, Singapore, 2011. 284 pp. ISBN: 9789810878702. Koh Kim Seng’s book is published at a time when there is a major change in the public imagination and dominating narrative about what Myanmar and the Myanmar government are. Until about 1.5 years ago, mostly negative headlines about the presumed illegitimate military government dominated. Then, the release and political participation of Aung San Suu Kyi, combined with a series of policy changes, resulted in an astonishing shift in the ways Myanmar is portrayed and subsequently perceived. The title of the book “Misun- derstood Myanmar” refers to the former paradigm which has been used to view Myanmar. Koh means to engage with the old model and does that by center-staging the political ideologies of the ruling elite. He attempts to use these ideas of the elites to partially explain the actions of the government but also to refute existing notions about them. The timing of the publication http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Singapore Economic Review World Scientific Publishing Company

BOOK REVIEW: "Review of Misunderstood Myanmar — An Introspective Study of a Southeast Asian State in Transition" by Koh Kim Seng

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The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 58, No. 1 (2013) 1380003 (3 pages) © World Scientific Publishing Company DOI: 10.1142/S0217590813800039 BOOK REVIEW Published 28 January 2013 Review of Misunderstood Myanmar — An Introspective Study of a Southeast Asian State in Transition by Koh Kim Seng, Humanities Press, Singapore, 2011. 284 pp. ISBN: 9789810878702. Koh Kim Seng’s book is published at a time when there is a major change in the public imagination and dominating narrative about what Myanmar and the Myanmar government are. Until about 1.5 years ago, mostly negative headlines about the presumed illegitimate military government dominated. Then, the release and political participation of Aung San Suu Kyi, combined with a series of policy changes, resulted in an astonishing shift in the ways Myanmar is portrayed and subsequently perceived. The title of the book “Misun- derstood Myanmar” refers to the former paradigm which has been used to view Myanmar. Koh means to engage with the old model and does that by center-staging the political ideologies of the ruling elite. He attempts to use these ideas of the elites to partially explain the actions of the government but also to refute existing notions about them. The timing of the publication

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Published: Mar 1, 2013

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