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SUMMARY:Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar - Professor Ian Holliday\, The
  University of Hong Kong
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DESCRIPTION:It is with great pleasure that we\, at the Centre of Governanc
 e and Human Rights\, invite you to a talk on Liberalism and Democracy in M
 yanmar given by Ian Holliday\, Vice-President at the University of Hong Ko
 ng. All are welcome to attend this talk (Room 119\, ARB) and to join for c
 offee and tea after the talk.\n \nAbstract:\nIn Myanmar\, historic electio
 ns in 2015 and the installation of a National League for Democracy governm
 ent effectively led by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2016 contrast with ethnic clean
 sing of Rohingya Muslims in 2017. One critical question that now confronts
  the 50 million people of this Southeast Asian nation is whether the push 
 for greater democracy is strong enough to prevail over a powerful military
  machine and spreading undercurrents of intolerance. What are the prospect
 s for liberal democracy? The talk addresses this question by examining his
 torical conditions\, constitutionalism\, democracy\, major political actor
 s\, ethnic conflict\, and transitional justice. It draws on a rich array o
 f evidence focused on 88 in-depth interviews and three waves of surveys an
 d survey experiments conducted in 2014-18. It presents the concept of limi
 ted liberalism\, reflecting a blend of liberal and illiberal attitudes\, a
 nd concludes by casting doubt on the prospects for liberal democracy in My
 anmar.\n\nBio:\nIan Holliday is Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) at 
 the University of Hong Kong. Previously he was Dean of Social Sciences at 
 the University of Hong Kong\, and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences a
 t City University of Hong Kong. He was educated at New College\, Oxford an
 d Gonville and Caius College\, Cambridge. His recent books are Liberalism 
 and Democracy in Myanmar (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, co-authored wi
 th Roman David\, Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar (Routledge\, 2
 018)\, co-edited with Adam Simpson and Nicholas Farrelly\, and Burma Redux
 : Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar (Columbia U
 niversity Press\, 2011). His collection of contemporary Myanmar paintings 
 can be viewed at http://thukhuma.org/.
LOCATION: Room 119\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT
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