Barisan NasionalseeBN.
Basic Law, 22 , 119 , 131 , 170 – 80 , 186 – 92 , 208
basic rights, 7 , 78 – 9 , 84 , 387
beliefs, 68 , 98 , 332 – 3 , 339 – 41 , 346 , 371 – 2
religious, 69 , 102 , 284 , 310
Bell, Gary, 331 – 2
benign discrimination, 87
Bersih 2. 0 , 255 , 259
betrayal of public trust, 314 , 318
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 349
Bhumibol, King, 236 , 239
bias, 187 , 249 , 254 , 286 , 289
bicameral parliaments, 221 , 245 , 314 , 327
bills of rights, 7 , 56 , 78 – 9 , 159 , 183 – 5 , 295 , 299
Birendra, King, 29 , 368
birth certificates, 307 – 8 , 339
BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), 349
BN (Barisan Nasional), 25 , 244 – 5 , 252 , 256 ,
259 – 60 , 267 , 269
Bommai case, 345 – 7
bourgeois democracy, 369
boycotts, 147 , 364
Brahmins, 367 – 9 , 372 , 387
branches of governmentsee alsoexecutive branch;
legislative branch, 41 , 67 , 150 , 186 , 319 , 324
BRC (Burmese Revolutionary Council), 221
bribery, 95 , 303 , 314 , 351 , 360
British colonial rule, 22 , 244 , 255
British constitutional traditions, 29 , 346
British-style parliamentary system, 24 – 5
BSPP (Burmese Socialist Programme Party) 222
Buddhism, 221 , 338
budgets, 103 , 127 , 271 , 281 , 378
bureaucracy, 13 , 202 , 221
bureaucrats, 60 – 1 , 63 , 98 , 361
Burma, 24 – 5 , 219 – 29 , 242 – 3
2010 elections, 227 – 9
Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League
(AFPFL), 24 , 220
Aung San, 220
Aung San Suu Kyi, 24 – 5 , 220 – 2 , 226 – 9
Chief Justice, 227
colony to Union, 220 – 1
executive branch, 226 – 7
HluttawsseeHluttaws.
House of Representatives
seePyithu Hluttaw.
judicial branch, 227
judicial review, 228
legislative branch, 225
military junta, 219 , 223 , 228 , 242
Ne Win, 221 – 3
new constitution
distinctive features, 225 – 7
drafting, 223 – 5
NLD (National League for Democracy), 24 ,
222 , 228 – 9
NUP (National Unity Party), 222 , 228
post-independence, 221 – 3
presidency, 226
Saw Maung, 222 – 3
SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration
Council), 222 – 3
SPDC (State Planning and Development
Council), 224 – 5 , 227 – 8
Supreme Court, 227
Than Shwe, 223 – 4 , 228
Thein Sein, 228 – 9
USDA (Union Solidarity and Development
Association), 228
USDP (Union Solidarity and Development
Party), 228
Burmese Revolutionary Council (BRC), 221
Burmese Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), 222
business elites, 98
businesses, 98 , 105 – 7 , 112 , 135 – 6 , 156 , 268 , 277
businessmen, 341 , 361
by-elections, 25 , 190 , 229Cabinet Legislation BureauseeCLB.
Cambodia, 3 , 17 , 23 , 219 , 229 – 34 , 242 – 3
1991 peace accord, 231 – 2
1993 constitution, 231 – 2
1997 coup d’e ́tat, 232 – 3
colony to kingdom, 229 – 30
constitution in twenty-first century, 233 – 4
FUNCINPEC, 231 – 2 , 234
human rights, 231
Hun Sen, 23 , 31 , 230 – 2 , 234 , 242
Khmer Rouge, 23 , 230 – 2
Ranariddh, Prince, 231 – 2 , 242
Sihanouk, Prince/King Norodom, 23 , 230 – 3 ,
243
Throne Council, 233
Cambodian People’s PartyseeCPP.
campaigning, 189 , 335
Canada, 292 , 404
candidates, 13 , 83 , 190 – 2 , 204 , 226 , 325 – 7 , 335 – 6
potential, 271 , 277
presidential, 82 , 329
capital punishment, 87
capitals, 80 , 103 , 128 – 30 , 206 , 388
caste, 348 , 368 – 70 , 372 – 3 , 379
CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), 362
CCP (Chinese Communist Party), 20 , 38 , 41 , 120
CEDAWseeConvention on Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women.
censorship, 89 , 228 , 333