Burma Or Myanmar The Struggle For National Identity
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Author | : Lowell Dittmer |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2010-10-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9814464589 |
Burma, also known as Myanmar, strategically located between China and India, is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is this so? We argue that much of the reason has to do with an ongoing struggle for national identity. This struggle involves not only whether the state should be authoritarian or democratic, but how Burma's myriad ethnic minorities should be accommodated within it, what external reference national reference groups the country should identify and align with, and how it should move forward. Identity formation normally occurs much earlier in the national developmental process, but Burma has had unusually intransigent problems that were never successfully resolved during the colonial period and have simply been suppressed by force since then. This protracted divisiveness has stunted the nation's modernization and growth.Written from a unique perspective, this book on Myanmar deviates from the traditional authoritarian versus democratic rhetoric. Although that is certainly part of the picture, this multifaceted analysis focuses rather on the issue of identity formation — an issue that has all too often failed to make the headlines. Much can be learned from Myanmar's identity problems, making this book essential reading for all students and professionals interested in development studies or comparative politics. By whatever name, Burma is not only a fascinating country but one likely to play an increasingly vital role in Asia's future.
Author | : Myint Thein (a) Abdus Salaam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Burma |
ISBN | : |
This study examines the identity of Muslim communities in Myanmar (Burma) based on their ancient origins and settlements in Myanmar and their struggle to maintain their national identity under successive governments. The results of this study confirm that Muslim communities in Myanmar, namely Burman Muslims (including Pathi, Myedu and Zerbadee), Rakhine Muslims (including Rohingya and Kaman), Panthay Muslims (Chinese) and Pashu Muslims (Malay) have historically evolved and are stable communities, like other ethnic groups of Myanmar, and that they are by right Myanmar nationals. This study shows that Muslim communities at Burma's independence automatically had Burmese citizenship, the same status as all other citizens of Burma, and that they were among the 144 national races of Burma until 1982. However, they gradually lost their status, rights and privileges after the military coup led by General Ne Win, in 1962. It is the main finding of the present research that the 1982 Burma Citizenship Law created by General Ne Win did not only deliberately target the Rohingyas in Rakhine State to make them "Stateless" and refugees, but also degraded most of the Muslims and other minorities throughout the country to become second class or third class citizens without any justification. This study also found that the 1982 Burma Citizenship Law is contrary to the basic principles of the United Nations Charter, human rights and international norms.
Author | : Mikael Gravers |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780700709809 |
This study examines the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma, bringing us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.
Author | : Rajshekhar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gustaaf Houtman |
Publisher | : ILCAA |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 4872977483 |
An examination of the current political crisis in Burma, and in particular its Buddhist and socio-psychological aspects.
Author | : Lucian W. Pye |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anthony Ware |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0190928867 |
Offers new analysis of the complexities of the conflict and new insights into what is preventing a peaceful resolution to this intractable
Author | : Angelene Naw |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Aung San, the "architect of Burma's freedom," was one of the most important political figures in the history of Burma's struggle for independence. Beginning as a student leader and activist in the 1930s, Aung San went on to assume prominent leadership positions in Burma's nationalist movement. At the beginning of World War II, he organized a clandestine trip to Japan in search of funds and military training in order to fight against British imperialism, but his close-knit group Thirty Comrades found it necessary to resist not only the British, but also the Japanese. In the postwar years, Aung San became Burma's chief negotiator for independence from Britain, focusing much of his energy on promoting cooperation and unity among Burma's many ethnic groups. Aung San's tragic assassination in 1947 at the age of 32 denied him the privilege of seeing his country claim the freedom and unity to which he had dedicated his life. This well-researched and readable history sets the life of Aung San squarely in the context of Burma's historic struggle for freedom. Photographs and texts of documents written by Aung San enliven the account.
Author | : Thant Myint-U |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2019-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1324003308 |
How did one of the world’s "buzzy hotspots" (Fodor’s 2013) become one of the top ten places to avoid (Fodor’s 2018)? Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders such as Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support. Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider’s diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change, and deep-seated feelings around race, religion, and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy. Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention. Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world’s problems. Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma? In clear and urgent prose, Myint-U explores this question—a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world—warning of the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change.
Author | : Lian H. Sakhong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Burma |
ISBN | : 9789745241336 |
A collection of speeches and essays by an award-winning human rights activist on the ongoing struggle for freedom for all citizens of Burma (Myanmar).