Autor
Palabras clave
Birmania
vía birmana al socialismo
Partido del Programa Socialista de Birmania
Ne Win
socialismo
marxismo
ejército.
Resumen
Partiendo del análisis de las fuentes primarias disponibles, combinado con bibliografía extranjera, el presente artículo estudia la primera etapa de la llamada «vía birmana al socialismo», experimento revolucionario utópico y de corte militarista desarrollado en Birmania entre 1962 y 1988 y que acabó en un sonoro fracaso. Esta primera etapa estuvo marcada por el intento del régimen militar de izquierdas de impulsar esta ideología socialista con características birmanas y, como veremos, por la tentativa de dicho régimen de legitimar su autoridad mediante la instauración de su brazo político, el Partido del Programa Socialista de Birmania, como única formación autorizada.
Keywords
Burma; Burmese way to socialism; Burma socialist programme party; Ne Win; socialism; marxism; army.
Abstract
From the analysis of primary sources available, combined with foreign literature, this article examines the first stage of the so-called «Burmese Way to Socialism», a utopian,
revolutionary and militaristic experiment developed in Burma between 1962 and 1988, which ended in a resounding failure. This first stage was marked by the left-wing military regime’s desire to promote this socialist ideology with Burmese characteristics and, as we shall see, by the attempt of the regime to legitimize its authority by strengthening its political wing, the Burma Socialist Programme Party, as the only authorized party.
revolutionary and militaristic experiment developed in Burma between 1962 and 1988, which ended in a resounding failure. This first stage was marked by the left-wing military regime’s desire to promote this socialist ideology with Burmese characteristics and, as we shall see, by the attempt of the regime to legitimize its authority by strengthening its political wing, the Burma Socialist Programme Party, as the only authorized party.