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Subject(s)

• Burma—Social conditions—21st century [Browse]
• Burma—Politics and government—1988- [Browse]
• Civil society—Burma [Browse]

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• 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.

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ISBN

• 1-5292-3652-5
• 1-5292-3055-1
• 1-5292-3056-X

Doi

• 10.56687/9781529230567

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