Citizenship in Myanmar

Citizenship in Myanmar
Author: Ashley South
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2018-05-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814786225

Myanmar is going through a period of profound - and contested - transition. The country has experienced widespread if sometimes uneven reforms, including the start of a peace process between the government and Myanmar Army, and some two dozen ethnic armed organizations, which had long been fighting for greater autonomy from the militarized and Burman-dominated state. This book brings together chapters by Burmese and foreign experts, and contributions from community and political leaders, who discuss the meaning of citizenship in Myanmar/Burma. The book explores citizenship in relation to three broad categories: issues of identity and conflict; debates around concepts and practices of citizenship; and inter- and intra-community issues, including Buddhist-Muslim relations. This is the first volume to address these issues, understanding and resolving which will be central to Myanmar's continued transition away from violence and authoritarianism.

Between Integration and Secession

Between Integration and Secession
Author: Moshe Yegar
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2002
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780739103562

Between Integration and Secession asks whether Muslim minorities can co-exist with the majority and other cultures within non-Muslim states. Moshe Yegar's excellent new work examines the radicalization of Muslim communities during the nationalist fervor that swept southeast Asia in the aftermath of World War II. The book's grand historical scope traces the theological and political impact of the postwar Islamic renaissance on the creation of Muslim separatist tendencies and heightened religious consciousness. Drawing on a wealth of archival and secondary sources, Yegar examines three cases of rebellion in Muslim minorities: in the Philippines, in Thailand, and in Burma/Myanmar. He studies the communities' struggle to define their aims-be it for communal separation, autonomy, or independence-and the means each has at their disposal to achieve them.

Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship

Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship
Author: Tendayi Bloom
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1526156407

When a person is not recognised as a citizen anywhere, they are typically referred to as ‘stateless’. This can give rise to challenges both for individuals and for the institutions that try to govern them. Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship breaks from tradition by relocating the ‘problem’ to be addressed from one of statelessness to one of citizenship. It problematises the governance of citizenship – and the use of citizenship as a governance tool – and traces the ‘problem of citizenship’ from global and regional governance mechanisms to national and even individual levels. With contributions from activists, affected persons, artists, lawyers, academics, and national and international policy experts, this volume rejects the idea that statelessness and stateless persons are a problem. It argues that the reality of statelessness helps to uncover a more fundamental challenge: the problem of citizenship.

Living with Myanmar

Living with Myanmar
Author: Justine Chambers
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-10-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814881058

Since 2011 Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social, political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially important milestone in the country’s transition to a more inclusive form of governance. And yet, for many people everyday struggles remain unchanged, and have often worsened in recent years. Key economic, social and political reforms are stalled, conflict persists and longstanding issues of citizenship and belonging remain. The wide-ranging, myriad and multiple challenges of Living with Myanmar is the subject of this volume. Following the Myanmar Update series tradition, each of the authors offers a different perspective on the sociopolitical and economic mutations occurring in the country and the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six sections and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality and identity politics, to agrarian reform and the representative role of parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their ongoing role in subverting the country’s reform process. However, they also offer insights into the creative and productive ways that Myanmar’s activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those legacies.

Citizenship, Nationalism and Refugeehood of Rohingyas in Southern Asia

Citizenship, Nationalism and Refugeehood of Rohingyas in Southern Asia
Author: Nasreen Chowdhory
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811521689

This book provides an in-depth investigation of citizenship and nationalism in connection with the Rohingya community. It analyses the processes of production of statelessness in South Asia in general, and with regard to the Rohingyas in particular. Following the persecution of the Rohingya community in Myanmar (Burma) by the military and the Buddhist militia, a host of texts, mostly descriptive, have examined the historical, political and cultural roots of the genocidal massacre and the flight of its victims to South Asia and South-East Asian countries. The UNHCR reports describe the plight of Rohingyas during and after their journey, while other works focus on the political-economic roots of this ethnic conflict and its consequences for the Rohingyas. To date, very few theoretical insights have been provided on the Rohingya issue. This book seeks to fill that gap, and explores a dialogue between the state and its citizens and non-citizens that results in the production of statelessness. In theoretical terms, the book addresses the construction of citizens and non-citizens on the part of the state, and the process of symbolic othering, achieved through various state practices couched in terms of nationalism. Extensive case studies from India, Myanmar and Bangladesh provide the foundation for a robust theoretical argument. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to students, academics and researchers with a focus on political economy in South Asia in general and/or refugee studies in particular.

Myanmar's 'Rohingya' Conflict

Myanmar's 'Rohingya' Conflict
Author: Anthony Ware
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2018
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0190928867

Offers new analysis of the complexities of the conflict and new insights into what is preventing a peaceful resolution to this intractable

The Rohingyas

The Rohingyas
Author: Azeem Ibrahim
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2018
Genre: Burma
ISBN: 1849049734

The Rohingya are a Muslim group who live in Rakhine state (formerly Arakan state) in western Myanmar (Burma), a majority Buddhist country. According to the United Nations, they are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. They suffer routine discrimination at the hands of neighboring Buddhist Rakhine groups, but international human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) have also accused Myanmar's authorities of being complicit in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslims. The Rohingya face regular violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, extortion, and other abuses, a situation that has been particularly acute since 2012 in the wake of a serious wave of sectarian violence. Islam is practiced by around 4% of the population of Myanmar, and most Muslims also identify as Rohingya. Yet the authorities refuse to recognize this group as one of the 135 ethnic groups or 'national races' making up Myanmar's population. On this basis, Rohingya individuals are denied citizenship rights in the country of their birth, and face severe limitations on many aspects of an ordinary life, such as marriage or movement around the country. This expose of the attempt to erase the Rohingyas from the face of Myanmar is sure to gain widespread attention.

Opposing the Rule of Law

Opposing the Rule of Law
Author: Nick Cheesman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107083184

A striking new analysis of Myanmar's court system, revealing how the rule of law is 'lexically present but semantically absent'.

U. S. Citizenship Q&a (with Burmese Translation)

U. S. Citizenship Q&a (with Burmese Translation)
Author: Oo Thein Maung
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2015-01-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781514899328

This is the most effective book to practice for the U.S. Naturalization Test. Each question and answer is translated into authentic Burmese in order to be easier to comprehend, especially for Burmese speaking people during learning the test. Additionally, special words to learn for Reading and Writing Tests, which provided by USCIS are included. All information are updated by March, 2016.