Social Transformations in India, Myanmar, and Thailand: Volume II: Identity and Grassroots for Democratic Progress

Part I: Identity and Equality.- Chapter 1. Challenges Facing India, Myanmar and Thailand: The Future of Democratic Progress (Chosein Yamahata, Yoshikazu Mikami and Terapatt Vannaruemol).- Chapter 2. "The Revolution of the Spirit" and Beyond: The Role of Social Transformation in Aung San Suu Kyi's Political Philosophy (Michal Lubina).- Chapter 3. Environmental Awareness as a Trigger in Constructing Ethnic Identity among the Tangkhul Nagas, Northeast India (Satoshi Ota).- Chapter 4. Reducing the Level of Ethno-Cultural Tensions in Thailand: Transformation through National Unity with Otherness (Takashi Tsukamoto).- Chapter 5. Muslim Women in Modern India: Public Debates from Identity to Religious Freedom to the Citizenship Amendment Act (Kanupriya Dua).- Chapter 6. Seeking Common Ground and Reconciliation: Islam, Thai Citizenship and Multiculturalism (Takashi Tsukamoto).- Chapter 7. Unfairness to Fairness: The (Im)Possible Way to Promote Gender Equality in Thai Politics ( Pradit Chinudomsud and Thanikun Chantra).- Chapter 8. Social Policies as Vehicles of Transformation for Women in India: Review of the Post-Globalisation Era (Rekha Mistry and Anuj Ghanekar).- Chapter 9. "The West Betrayed?" Buddhism, the Lady and Xenophobia in Myanmar/Burma (Donald M. Seekins).- Part II: Grassroots Communication.- Chapter 10. Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration: Beyond Myanmar's Moribund Peace Process (Bobby Anderson).- Chapter 11. Grassroots Mobilisation after a Large-Scale Disaster: Examining the Effects of Saving Groups in Myanmar (Naw Thiri May Aye).- Chapter 12. Transforming Differences through Women's Initiatives in Myanmar: Forging an Inter-Ethnic Alliance for Grassroots Peace (Makiko Takeda).- Chapter 13. Education Model Development of Media Health Literacy for Adolescents in Upper Northern Thailand: A Process of Change for Social Upliftment (Kwanfa Sriprapandh).- Chapter 14. Bridging Divides in Northeast India: Rethinking Nationalism and Democratic Communication towards a Common Cause (Malem Ningthouja).- Chapter 15. Media Literacy in Thailand as a Key in Communication to Strengthen Democratic Society (Pimonpan Chainan).- Chapter 16. Turbulence in Thailand? The Thai Digital Civil Rights Movement and a 'Pro-human' Contract for the Web (Michael J. Day and Merisa Skulsuthavong).- Chapter 17. Japan's Democracy Assistance to Myanmar: Few Seeds in Infertile Soil (David M. Potter).- Chapter 18. Strengthening Civic Vision to Bridge Divisions (Chosein Yamahata and Makiko Takeda)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811671095
• ISBN13: 9789811671098
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"