Myanmar’s Political Economy and Their Language Policy
Isaak
(2002) defined IPE as the study of politics behind the economic relations among peoples and nations in order to assess their relative wealth and power . Cohn (2003) suggested that IPE is concerned with the interaction between ‘the state’ and ‘the market’. Oatley (2004) defined IPE as the study of how economic interests and global processes interact to shape government policies.
Realist approaches to IPE Mercantilism Economic nationalism
Liberal approaches to IPE Classical liberalism Keynesianism Institutionalism Marxist approaches to IPE Leninism Dependency theory World-system theory
Myanmar
- one of the poorest country in the Southeast Asian region remains to be one of the world’s least developed nations Lwin (2011) attested that the language policy applied by
governments from 1962 to 2010 maybe considered Burmanisation at the expense of the language and identity of other indigenous nationalities.
Burmese- country’s official language
This study will aim to analyze the political economy of Myanmar and the relation of their language policy toward economic development. Specifically, this study would like to: Show the relationship between the country’s history and economic status; Determine the effect of having English in the country’s language policy in their economic development; and Find out how Myanmar evolved with the life of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Beneficial to the political economist who will pursue studies about the
political economy of Myanmar. Results of the study would serve as an instrument for the language
policy makers to have a clearer understanding of what would it takes to create certain policies, its effect to a country and even with its connection to the outside world. Students would have a wider awareness of the vitality of English language. Reference materials for those who are related and interested in language studies. Will provide recommendations on what areas of language policy should be given with ample attention as nations lead their way to economic development.
This study is limited only to the analysis of documents such as Myanmar’s official history, economic development, constitution concerning language policy and biography of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar
History
Economic Development
Biography
Language Policy
Research Design
Descriptive type of research will be used where documentary analysis will be the primary method in analyzing and interpreting The political economy approach will be further employed.
Subject of the Study
Documents such as country’s official history, economic development, constitution concerning language policy and Aung San Suu Kyi biography.
Research Procedure
Read, study and analyze the bearing of Myanmar’s history to its economic
status by the attempt of showing their relationship with each other. Look into the country’s language policy in terms of education and communication. Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi would be analyzed to know how the country evolved with her life as a leader.
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