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Myanmar: Religion, Identity, and Conflict in a Democratic Transition
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Farrelly, N, Myanmar: Religion, Identity, and Conflict in a Democratic Transition, Peacebuilding in Deeply Divided Societies: Toward Social Cohesion?, Palgrave Macmillan, FD Cox, TD Sisk (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 137-174. ISBN 978-3-319-50714-9 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50715-6_6
Abstract
Farrelly provides an in-depth assessment of identity-based conflict dynamics within Myanmar’s gradual shift to a more democratic system of government. Civil conflicts, that long raged in the country’s ethnically distinct corners, encourage the fortification of political discourses about identity, unity, and non-disintegration. With its difficult history of bloodshed and trauma, social cohesion is a goal worth pursuing. Myanmar’s transition to an increasingly open, inclusive, prosperous, and peaceful society requires new capacity to be built at every level of government, and across the broad range of ethnic and religious identities. Farrelly argues that working cooperatively and effectively with different identity-based factions in Myanmar is a profound test of the concepts of peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | Rohingya, Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar Society, Rakhine State |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Political science |
Research Field: | Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Farrelly, N (Professor Nicholas Farrelly) |
ID Code: | 139961 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2020-07-20 |
Last Modified: | 2020-09-07 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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