Description:
"This paper examines repression and state?society conflict in Burma through the
lens of rural and urban resistance strategies. It explores networks of
noncompliance through which civilians evade and undermine state control over
their lives, showing that the military regime?s brutal tactics represent not control,
but a lack of control. Outside agencies ignore this state?society struggle over
sovereignty at their peril: ignoring the interplay of interventions with local politics
and militarisation, and claiming a ?humanitarian neutrality? which is impossible in
practice, risks undermining the very civilians interventions are supposed to help,
while facilitating further state repression. Greater honesty and awareness in
interventions is required, combined with greater solidarity with villagers?
resistance strategies."...
Keywords: peasant resistance; humanitarian policy; Karen; Kayin; Burma;
Myanmar
Source/publisher:
"Journal of Peasant Studies" (originally published by Yale Agrarian Studies Colloquium, 2008-04-25 and Karen Human Rights Group, 2008-11-10)
Date of Publication:
2009-07-22
Date of entry:
2009-11-25
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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