Everyday prison governance in Myanmar : understanding imprisonment beyond the west

Everyday Prison Governance in Myanmar analyses prison life in Myanmar during a short-lived period of democratic transition. The accounts of former prisoners reveal the realities of everyday life illuminating survival strategies, landscapes of emotion, and power dynamics. Making a significantly diffe...

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Main Authors Jefferson, Andrew M. (Author), Yin, Nai Hla (Author), Yar, Lynn Tar (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesEmerald studies in activist criminology.
Subjects
Prison administration > Burma.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836621447
DOI10.1108/9781836621423
Physical Description1 online resource (176 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Tomas Max Martin
  • Chapter 1. Everyday prison governance in myanmar
  • Chapter 2. The bureaucratic architecture
  • Chapter 3. Mundane survival and exchange economies
  • Chapter 4. Debasing and sustaining penal encounters
  • Chapter 5. The emotivity of prison experience
  • Chapter 6. Punishment, discipline, and violence: The exercise of power
  • Chapter 7. Prison subjects.

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