UID:
almahu_9949865572502882
Format:
1 online resource (213 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-5292-3652-5
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1-5292-3055-1
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1-5292-3056-X
Content:
This book centres on various contestations in Myanmar society and illustrates the ways in which these are reflected in civil society. It provides an up-to-date overview of the main identities and contestations within Myanmar's civil society and, by extension, within Myanmar society as a whole.
Note:
Front Cover -- Contested Civil Society in Myanmar: Local Change and Global Recognition -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Contested Representation in Burma/Myanmar -- Researcher positionality -- Introducing the lens of civil society -- Respondents and methodology -- Local and global perceptions on social and political change -- Burma or Myanmar? -- States, regions and ethnicities in Myanmar -- 1 Conflict, Repression and Resistance from Colonialism to Military Rule -- British colonialism and nationalist resistance -- Post-independence politics and the start of military rule -- The 'four eights' uprising and continued military rule -- The 2007 'Saffron Revolution' -- A cyclone, a constitutional referendum and an election -- The quasi-civilian USDP government -- Conflict and peace talks in the ethnic states -- 2 Constructing Civil Society in Myanmar -- Tracing the 'civil' in civil society -- Civil society in the context of Myanmar -- Associational life in (post-)colonial Burma -- Post-independence resistance movements -- The rise of the (pro-)democracy movement in the 1990s -- Civil society during the early stages of political transition -- The rise of Buddhist nationalism, hate speech and violence against Muslims -- The NLD's electoral victory in 2015 -- Escalating military violence against the Rohingya -- 3 Diversity and Fault Lines in Burmese Civil Society -- Fault line 1: ethnicity and religion -- The role of Buddhist monks -- Minority religious and ethnic organizations -- Inter-ethnic relations and intra-ethnic diversity -- Fault line 2: generation and gender -- Generations of student activists -- The post-Nargis generation -- The role of women -- Fault line 3: government-organized and independent NGOs -- Fault line 4: 'inside' and 'outside' Myanmar.
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Transnational aspects of the Burmese democracy movement -- Fault line 5: class, elites and grassroots -- The professionalization of civil society -- The rise of the 'Third Force' -- 4 Room to Manoeuvre under Authoritarian Rule -- Civil society under authoritarian rule -- Restrictions on public speech -- Dealing with surveillance -- 'Contingent symbiosis' between state and civil society -- The contested notion of 'space' for civil society in the run-up to the 2010 elections -- Civil society beyond the overtly political -- Testing the waters during the transition -- 5 Transnational Advocacy Strategies and Pathways to Change -- Framing and marketing in transnational advocacy campaigns -- Strategic framing efforts -- Encounters between civil society from exile and from inside the country -- Post- Nargis counter- voices to the democracy movement -- 6 Competing Frames around the 2010 Elections -- The elections-as-opportunity counterframe -- Lobbying abroad for the election boycott campaign -- Adversarial framing -- Evaluating campaign success -- A strategic shift to international justice campaigns -- 7 Foreign Aid and the (De)politicization of Civil Society Assistance -- Expansion and contraction of foreign aid duringmilitary rule -- Politicization of the aid debate -- Western democracy promotion -- Changing donor priorities during the political transition -- Foreign aid reinforcing societal divisions -- International justice initiatives -- Inequalities in donor relationships -- 8 Interrupted Transition and Post-coup Resistance -- Popular resistance and military repression since the 2021 coup -- Escalation of armed conflict and resistance -- New forms of protest and solidarity -- Political opposition to military rule -- Armed opposition after the 2021 coup -- Contested representation within the opposition -- Contested international legitimacy.
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International responses and the search for global recognition -- Avoiding the blame game? -- Debating ways forward and the role of international observers -- Conclusion -- Identifying civil society in repressive environments -- Policy recommendations for donors -- The future of civil society in Myanmar -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5292-3057-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5292-3054-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781529230567
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