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American Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 423-437, April 2025.Abstract With some recent exceptions, demands for global reparations have largely been ignored by former colonial countries. While the past two decades has seen renewed interest in colonial reparations in normative political theory and philosophy, this work has focused on determining responsibility for redress.
Shuk Ying Chan
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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
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Smuggling and import duties in Myanmar [PDF]
This paper examines the effects of import duties on smuggling in Myanmar. Following Fisman and Wei (2004), the reporting discrepancies between Myanmar’s imports records and corresponding exports recorded by trading partners are regarded as indicative ...
Kubo, Koji, Nu Nu Lwin
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Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 36, Issue 1, Spring 2025.AbstractThe article delves into the need for an anthropological exploration of consciousness in the modern context. While anthropology's core focus has always been the study of the human subject, this study argues that consciousness has emerged as a fundamental aspect that underpins all human phenomena.
Federico Divino
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Labour Abroad as a Struggle for Land: Young Migrants’ Dream of a Rural Return to Myanmar
Antipode, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines land struggles that take place outside of the land in question, in order to show that rural youth continue to have an interest in rural and agrarian life despite out‐migration. Through life‐story interviews and photovoices with young Myanmar migrants in Thailand's agriculture and tourism sectors, the article shows how ...
Sofie Mortensen
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Toxicon: X, 2019 The Myanmar Snakebite Project is an Australian government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) supported foreign aid project in collaboration with the Myanmar government with the aim of improving outcomes for snakebite patients in Myanmar.
Julian White +13 more
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“Build the New City as Fast as Possible”: Speculation as Subsistence in Peri‐Urban Myanmar
Antipode, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines an ambitious plan to construct a built‐from‐scratch new city outside Yangon, Myanmar and sheds light on the contradictory responses sparked by rapid urban expansion. Despite fears that this megaproject would threaten the region's way of life, hopes for the new city's construction remained high throughout the project's ...
Courtney T. Wittekind
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