Event

Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar

Everybody is invited to a talk on Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar given by Ian Holliday, Vice-President at the University of Hong Kong, centred around his most recent book of the same title. He is Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) at the University of Hong Kong. Previously he was Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at City University of Hong Kong. The talk addresses the democratic potential of Myanmar following the 2015 elections, drawing on a rich array of evidence focused on 88 in-depth interviews and three waves of surveys and survey experiments conducted in 2014-18. It presents the concept of limited liberalism, reflecting a blend of liberal and illiberal attitudes.