TY - BOOK AU - CHEESMAN Nick TI - Ruling Myanmar : : from Cyclone Nargis to national elections / SN - 9789814311472 (hbk): PY - 2010/// CY - Singapore : PB - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, KW - CYCLONE NARGIS KW - CONGRESSES KW - BURMA KW - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 1988 KW - ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 1948 KW - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION N2 - Myanmar/Burma since 1990 the elections to be held as the culmination of the military regimes "Road map for democracy". Political controls remain repressive, freedom of expression and assembly does not exist, and international access is restricted by government controls as well as sanctions. The elections represent a turning point for Myanmar/Burma the lead-up period has not been marked by many notable improvements in the way the country is governed or in the reforming impact of international assisstance programmes ER -