Outsourcing the Polity: Non-State Welfare, Inequality, and Resistance in Myanmar

Abstract

Outsourcing the Polity -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language, Usage, and Currency -- Introduction: Social Outsourcing and Inequality -- 1. Distributive Politics since Colonization -- Part 1: Autocratic Welfare Capitalism -- 2. Post-Socialist Welfare Outsourcing -- 3. Disasters and the Polity -- Part 2: Democratic Welfare Capitalism -- 4. Democracy, Freedom, and Morality -- 5. Philanthropy and Wealth Defense -- 6. Self-Reliance and Entitlement -- Conclusion: Path-Dependence and Welfare Regime Change -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.