The Politics Of Aid To Burma

Author : Anne Decobert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317517030

Get Book

The Politics of Aid to Burma by Anne Decobert Pdf

For over sixty years, conflict between state forces and armed ethnic groups was ongoing in parts of the borderlands of Burma. Ethnic minority communities were subjected to systematic and widespread abuses by an increasingly complex patchwork of armed state and non-state actors. Populations in more remote and disputed border areas typically had little to no access to even basic healthcare and education services. As part of its counter-insurgency campaign, the military state also historically restricted international humanitarian access to civilian populations in unstable border areas. It was in this context that "cross-border aid" to Burma had developed, as an alternative mechanism for channelling assistance to populations denied aid through more conventional systems. Yet by the late 2000s, national and international changes had significant impacts on an aid debate, which had important political and ethical implications. Through an ethnographic study of a cross-border aid organisation working on the Thailand-Burma border, this book focuses on the political and ethical dilemmas of "humanitarian government". It explores the ways in which aid systems come to be defined as legitimate or illegitimate, humanitarian or "un-humanitarian", in an international context that has witnessed the multiplication of often-conflicting humanitarian systems and models. It examines how an "embodied history" of violence can shape the worldviews and actions of local humanitarian actors, as well as institutions created to mitigate human suffering. It goes on to look at the complex and often-invisible webs of local organisations, international NGOs, donors, armed groups and other actors, which can develop in a cross-border and extra-legal context – a context where competing constructions of systems as legitimate or illegitimate are highlighted. Exploring the history of humanitarianism from the local aid perspective of Burma, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian Studies, Anthropology of Humanitarian Aid and Development Studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1317517016

Get Book

Politics of Aid to Burma by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Bray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Burma
ISBN : UCSD:31822021266069

Get Book

Burma by John Bray Pdf

Author : Ashley South
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134129539

Get Book

Ethnic Politics in Burma by Ashley South Pdf

This book examines the ideas which have structured half a century of civil war in Burma, and the roles which political elites and foreign networks - from colonial missionaries to aid worker activists - have played in mediating understandings of ethnic conflict in the country. The book includes a brief overview of precolonial and colonial Burma, and the emergence ethnic identity as a politically salient characteristic. It describes the struggle for independence and the parliamentary era (1948-62), and the quarter century of military-socialist rule that followed (1962-88). The book analyses the causes, dynamics and impacts of on-going armed conflict in Burma, since the 1988 'democracy uprising' through to the 2007 'saffron revolution' (when monks and ordinary people took to the streets in protest against the military regime). There is a special focus on the plight of displaced people, and the ways in which local and international agencies have responded. The book also examines one of the most significant, but least well-understood, political developments in Burma over the last twenty years: the series of ceasefires agreed since 1989 between the military government and most armed ethnic groups. The positive and negative impacts of the ceasefires are analysed, including a study of civil society among ethnic nationality communities. This analysis leads to a discussion of the nature of social and political change in Burma, and a re-examination of some commonly held assumptions regarding the country, including issues of ethnicity and federalism. The book concludes with a brief Epilogue, taking account of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma on 2 and 3 May 2008, resulting in a massive humanitarian crisis.

Author : Tamas Wells
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789048553792

Get Book

Narrating Democracy in Myanmar by Tamas Wells Pdf

This book analyses what Myanmar's struggle for democracy has signified to Burmese activists and democratic leaders, and to their international allies. In doing so, it explores how understanding contested meanings of democracy helps make sense of the country's tortuous path since Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won historic elections in 2015. Using Burmese and English language sources, Narrating Democracy in Myanmar reveals how the country's ongoing struggles for democracy exist not only in opposition to Burmese military elites, but also within networks of local activists and democratic leaders, and international aid workers.

Author : Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780299320607

Get Book

Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar by Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung Pdf

Reforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens' political activities. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows, eking out a living from day to day leaves little time for civic engagement. Citizens have coped with extreme hardship through great resourcefulness. But by making bad situations more tolerable in the short term, these coping strategies may hinder the emergence of the democratic values needed to sustain the country's transition to a more open political environment. Thawnghmung conducted in-depth interviews and surveys of 372 individuals from all walks of life and across geographical locations in Myanmar between 2008 and 2015. To frame her analysis, she provides context from countries with comparable political and economic situations. Her findings will be welcomed by political scientists and policy analysts, as well by journalists and humanitarian activists looking for substantive, reliable information about everyday life in a country that remains largely in the shadows.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Humanitarian assistance
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113389824

Get Book

A Peace of Pie? by Anonim Pdf

A peace of pie?: Burma's humanitarian aid debate / 2002.

Author : Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Burma,Mathea Falco
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015074060040

Get Book

Burma, Time for Change by Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Burma,Mathea Falco Pdf

A genuine democracy movement lives in Burma, but it continues to be brutally suppressed by the ruling military government. In 1990, the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led by Aung San Suu Kyi-won 82 percent of the seats in a multiparty parliamentary election. The regime ignored the elections and the democratically elected representatives never took office. Aung San Suu Kyi, who was imprisoned after violent government-orchestrated attacks on democracy supporters on May 30, 2003, has spent more than half of the past fourteen years under house arrest. Burma remains one of the most tightly controlled dictatorships in the world. Recognizing that democracy and the NLD cannot survive in Burma without the help of the United Sates and the international community, the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on Burma sounds a clarion call for change. In response to the governments recent crackdown on the democratic opposition, the Task Force urges the United Nations to call for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners, and to impose sanctions on Burma, including bans both on new investment in Burma and on the importation of goods produced in Burma. The Task Force report also offers specific recommendations for U.S. policy in four areas: humanitarian assistance; promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law; narcotics control policy; and refugees, migrants, and internally displaced persons. Led by Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies and former assistant secretary of state for international narcotics matters, this bipartisan Task Force comprises members with a wide range of experience in international business, law, government, media, academia, publichealth, and human rights advocacy, among other areas. Its recommendations are intended to inform U.S. government action as well as to increase U.S. cooperation with other countries, especially in Asia, to bring about a long overdue political, economic, and social transformation of Burma.

Author : Robert H. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Burma
ISBN : NYPL:33433042817332

Get Book

Burma by Robert H. Taylor Pdf

This text aims to answer questions such as: what has been the cause of Burma's continuing political and economic stagnation?; why have international efforts to bring about change proved unsuccessful?; and why have the democratic forces not forced the military to yield?

Author : Yukiko Nishikawa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000545883

Get Book

International Norms and Local Politics in Myanmar by Yukiko Nishikawa Pdf

Nishikawa explores how international norms have been adopted in the local context in Myanmar to project a certain international image, while in fact the authorities are exploiting these norms to protect their own interests. In the liberal international world order promoted since the end of the Cold War, democracy, rule of law and human rights have become key components in state and peace-building around the world. Many donor governments and international organisations have promoted them in their aid and assistance. However, the promotion of these international norms is based on a flawed understanding of sovereignty and the world. For this reason, the enforcement of these international norms in Myanmar not only fails to protect vulnerable people but also, in some instances, exacerbates the situation, thereby generating critical insecurity to the most vulnerable people. A vital resource for scholars of Myanmar’s politics, as well as a valuable case study for International Relations scholars more broadly.

Author : Loïs Desaine
Publisher : Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782355960055

Get Book

The Politics of Silence by Loïs Desaine Pdf

The political regime in Myanmar used to be a seemingly monopolistic structure where power was exclusively in the Army’s hands. A marginal external influence was exercised by businessmen with close ties to the regime while the country is also exposed to the influence of powerful regional states. Since the General Elections in November 2010, the establishment of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar with a parliamentary democracy (which remains under some control of the Army, but with notable civilian representation) is the most noticeable change in Myanmar politics for decades as it may shift the state away from the Army monopoly, although concrete changes remain to be demonstrated.

Author : Thant Myint-U
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781324003304

Get Book

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U Pdf

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 : Eleonor Marcussen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108838092

Get Book

Acts of Aid by Eleonor Marcussen Pdf

This history of an Indian earthquake aftermath analyses the role of civil society, the colonial state and international aid in disaster relief.

Author : David I. Steinberg
Publisher : Burma
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0878408932

Get Book

Burma by David I. Steinberg Pdf

Long isolated by rigid military rule, Burma, or Myanmar, is one of the least known, significantly sized states in the world. Possessed of a rich cultural history yet facing a range of challenges to stability and growth, it has struck the imaginations of those concerned not only with geopolitical or trade affairs but also with poverty, health, and human rights. David I. Steinberg sheds new light on this reclusive state by exploring issues of authority and legitimacy in its politics, economics, social structure, and culture since the popular uprising and military coup of 1988. Exploring the origins of that year's tumultuous events, Steinberg analyzes a generation of preceding military governments and their attempts to address the nation's problems. He focuses on the role of the military, the effects of Burma's geopolitical placement, the plight of the poor, the destruction of civil society, and rising ethnic tensions. While taking into account the importance of foreign observers as counterpoints to official views, suppliers of economic aid, and advocates of reform, Steinberg contends that ultimately, the solutions to Myanmar's varied problems lie with the Burmese themselves and the policies of their government. The paperback edition includes a postcript that reveals the most current and critical issues facing Burma since the publication of the original hardcover in March 2001. Steinberg brings readers up to date on the recent release of political prisoners, economic and military conditions, United Nations actions, and the complex, ever-changing relationship between Thailand and Myanmar.

Author : Donald M. Seekins
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9788776940171

Get Book

Burma and Japan Since 1940 by Donald M. Seekins Pdf

"Tracing Burma-Japan relations since 1940, this volume analyses the ambiguities of Japan's policy of 'quiet dialogue' in an international climate of economic competition and big power rivalry. The author provides not only an analysis of post-war Japanese diplomacy and aid programmes but also new material and insights on the ongoing story of Burma itself."--Jacket.