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Book SynopsisPart I: Voices for Societal Change.- Chapter 1: Youth Movements in Authoritarian Asia: The Responsibility to Protest.- Chapter 2: Rising Up in Thailand: Youth-led Protests and State Repression since 2020.- Chapter 3: As a Karen, I have no Leader: Youth, Conflict, and Generational Change in Hpa-An, Karen State.- Chapter 4: Discarding Objects: The Transition to a Consumer Society and the Littering Problem among the Naga, Northeast India.- Chapter 5: The Limits of Political Situation for Societal Change in Thailand.- Chapter 6: Impact of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Pressure on Agro-based Riverine System: The Lower Floodplain of Ganga, India.- Chapter 7: Ecological Democracy and Environmental Justice: Political Ecology of Disasters in India.- Chapter 8: Highland Community Development and Sustainable Opium Reduction: The Case of Northern Thailand.- Chapter 9: Financial Stability of Microfinance Institutions in the Post-Global Financial Crisis: A Case of South Asia.- Part II: Democratic Struggle and Impact.- Chapter 10: Homo Diplomaticus and the Power of Demos: The Paradox and Progress of Democratic Foreign Policy in the Cold War Thailand.- Chapter 11: What Does it Mean When Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics.- Chapter 12: A Political Marathon With(out) Happy Ending: Poland's Democratization and Conclusions for Burma/Myanmar.- Chapter 13: Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and the Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar.- Chapter 14: The Career Prospects of Sadists: Attrition, Collapse, and Myanmar's Military.- Chapter 15: Myanmar: A Totalitarian State.- Chapter 16: The Ancient Origins of Democracy in India.- Chapter 17: Civil Society Organizations and Their Role in Building Democracy in Myanmar: The Case of the Kachin Women's Association Thailand.- Chapter 18: Rethinking: Foreign Aid and Democratic Dilemma.
