Civil Society in Burma: the Development of Democracy Amidst Conflict Judith Tendler American cities are in the

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Civil Society in Burma: the Development of Democracy Amidst Conflict Judith Tendler American cities are in theBurma faces a complex of interlinked humanitarian, social, and political crises. The situation is especially grave in areas populated by ethnic minorities, many of which have been affected by decades of armed conflict, and in the Irrawaddy Delta, where in May 2008 some 130,000 people were killed and over two million made homeless by Cyclone Nargis. The military government is deeply unpopular, and further episodes of mass protest similar to those that