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Transitional Justice in Burma/Myanmar: Crossnational Patterns and Domestic Context

Irish Studies in International Affairs, 2022
:ABSTRACTSince 2010, Burma/Myanmar has significantly liberalised. In this context, questions over if and how to address the country's legacy of repression and armed conflict have received attention both domestically and internationally.
Alexander Dukalskis
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Political Systems of Highland Burma

, 2021
In Political Systems of Highland Burma Edmund Leach interpreted the concepts of gumlao and gumsa as political models in Kachin society. In this chapter, I will question Leach’s attempt to establish his oscillatory model as a general theory of social ...
H. Bartoli, E. Leach
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History of Burma

, 2019
History of Burma from the earliest times to 10 March, 1824, the beginning of the English ...
G. E. Harvey
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Chapter 12 Tectonic and metamorphic evolution of the Mogok Metamorphic and Jade Mines belts and ophiolitic terranes of Burma (Myanmar)

Memoirs, 2017
The Mogok Metamorphic Belt is a north–south-aligned belt of mainly high-grade metamorphic rocks and granites that extends the length of Burma (Myanmar) along the western margin of the Sibumasu block from the Andaman Sea to the East Himalayan (Namche ...
M. Searle, Christopher K. Morley, D. Waters, Nicholas J. Gardiner, Nicholas J. Gardiner, U. K. Htun, T. Nu, Laurence J. Robb   +7 more
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The Authoritarian Public Sphere: Legitimation and Autocratic Power in North Korea, Burma, and China

, 2017
In The Authoritarian Public Sphere: Legitimation and Autocratic Power in North Korea, Burma and China, Alexander Dukalskis offers insight into the meticulous efforts of three of Asia’s longest standing authoritarian regimes to legitimise and maintain ...
Alexander Dukalskis
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Burma: Suu Kyi's Missteps

, 2018
:Following the victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in November 2015 elections, many vested their hopes in the NLD's leader, Nobel Peace Prize–laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whom they saw as a force that would propel Burma toward democratic ...
Z. Bárány
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Rohingya Ethnic Muslim Minority and the 1982 Citizenship Law in Burma

, 2017
The Rohingyas have experienced difficulties in obtaining citizenship since the enactment of the 1982 Citizenship Law in Burma. From the beginning of Burmese independence, their separate identity was recognized by the then democratic government of Premier
M. Haque
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Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma

, 2015
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of BurmaOver the past 15 years, Mandy Sadan has single-handedly launched new historical scholarship on the Kachin people.
Imamura Masao
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Anti-Muslim Buddhist Nationalism in Burma and Sri Lanka: Religious Violence and Globalized Imaginaries of Endangered Identities

, 2015
In Burma, monks are promoting a new marriage law restricting interfaith marriages. They have used hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric and claimed that Buddhism, language, culture and the national identity is endangered.
M. Gravers
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Anti-Muslim Violence in Burma: Why Now?

, 2015
Why does anti-Muslim violence take place in Burma now and with what costs? Three related arguments are made to answer the puzzle. Firstly, the pattern, nature, level, frequency, and impact of anti-Muslim violence during the quasi-civilian regime that ...
Min Zin
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