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Contested Civil Society in Myanmar : Local Change and Global Recognition
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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 c...
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.
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- Creator
- Maaike Matelski
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Bristol, England : Bristol University Press, [2024]
- ©2024
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- 1 online resource (213 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781529236521, 1529230543, 1529230578, 1529236525, 9781529230550, 9781529230567, 152923056X, 1529230551, 9781529230543
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
- 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
- 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