Mai Van Tran
Biographic Data
| ID | 1452994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mai Van Tran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mai |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Tran |
| SIGNATURE | VAN TRAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2089-3726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strange Bedfellows or Trusted Comrades? Digital Solidarity Building among Myanmar's Revolutionaries
The shock and anger felt by the Myanmar public as they witnessed their democratically elected government deposed in an illegal military coup in early 2021 has led to a revolutionary break in Burmese politics. The Bamar Buddhist political elites, formerly silent on the Rohingya Muslim crisis, apologised for failing to administer justice for the Rohingya victims; the coup breathed new life and possibilities into the formation of a federal democracy…
Provoking Civilian Disruption against Popular Protests
While mass contentious movements face a wide range of state-led counter-mobilisation strategies, existing studies have mainly focused on repression by the security forces and violence contractors. Much less is understood about the impact of governments’ more deceptive strategies to provoke anti-protester hostility among the public, including labelling protesters as criminals and engineering widespread violent crimes. This article examines the eff…
Return of the junta
Journal Article Return of the junta: why Myanmar's military must go back to the barracks Get access Return of the junta: why Myanmar's military must go back to the barracks. By Oliver Slow. London: Bloomsbury. 2023. 256pp. £65.00. Isbn978 1 35028 961 1. Available as e-book. Mai Van Tran Mai Van Tran Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue …
Enabling activist resilience
What accounts for the survival and long‐term participation of activists in contentious movements under repression? I argue for the role of an important yet oft‐neglected factor: protective support by civilian bystanders. I propose that, mainly motivated by victim‐oriented sympathy, bystanders engage in high‐risk protection that helps activists to escape crackdowns and bolsters their dedication to the movement. To test my theoretical claims, I exa…
Organic online politics
Despite perennial hope in the democratic possibilities of the internet, the rise of digital authoritarianism threatens online and offline freedom across much of the world. Yet while critical data studies has expanded its geographic focus, limited work to date has examined digital mobilization in the agrarian communities that comprise much of the Global South. This article advances the concept of "organic online politics," to demonstrate how digit…
Democratic backsliding disrupted
More than one year since its coup, the Myanmar military has neither established effective control of the territory nor crushed online dissent. What factors have enabled the resistance forces to deny the consolidation of military rule? We address this question by building a novel theoretical framework that incorporates the role of long-standing digitalized pro-democracy activism and by conducting a mixed methods analysis that includes an original,…
Strange Bedfellows or Trusted Comrades? Digital Solidarity Building among Myanmar's Revolutionaries
The shock and anger felt by the Myanmar public as they witnessed their democratically elected government deposed in an illegal military coup in early 2021 has led to a revolutionary break in Burmese politics. The Bamar Buddhist political elites, formerly silent on the Rohingya Muslim crisis, apologised for failing to administer justice for the Rohingya victims; the coup breathed new life and possibilities into the formation of a federal democracy…
Democratic backsliding disrupted
More than one year since its coup, the Myanmar military has neither established effective control of the territory nor crushed online dissent. What factors have enabled the resistance forces to deny the consolidation of military rule? We address this question by building a novel theoretical framework that incorporates the role of long-standing digitalized pro-democracy activism and by conducting a mixed methods analysis that includes an original,…
Organic online politics
Despite perennial hope in the democratic possibilities of the internet, the rise of digital authoritarianism threatens online and offline freedom across much of the world. Yet while critical data studies has expanded its geographic focus, limited work to date has examined digital mobilization in the agrarian communities that comprise much of the Global South. This article advances the concept of "organic online politics," to demonstrate how digit…
Provoking Civilian Disruption against Popular Protests
While mass contentious movements face a wide range of state-led counter-mobilisation strategies, existing studies have mainly focused on repression by the security forces and violence contractors. Much less is understood about the impact of governments’ more deceptive strategies to provoke anti-protester hostility among the public, including labelling protesters as criminals and engineering widespread violent crimes. This article examines the eff…
Enabling activist resilience
What accounts for the survival and long‐term participation of activists in contentious movements under repression? I argue for the role of an important yet oft‐neglected factor: protective support by civilian bystanders. I propose that, mainly motivated by victim‐oriented sympathy, bystanders engage in high‐risk protection that helps activists to escape crackdowns and bolsters their dedication to the movement. To test my theoretical claims, I exa…
Democratic backsliding disrupted
More than one year since its coup, the Myanmar military has neither established effective control of the territory nor crushed online dissent. What factors have enabled the resistance forces to deny the consolidation of military rule? We address this question by building a novel theoretical framework that incorporates the role of long-standing digitalized pro-democracy activism and by conducting a mixed methods analysis that includes an original,…
Return of the junta
Journal Article Return of the junta: why Myanmar's military must go back to the barracks Get access Return of the junta: why Myanmar's military must go back to the barracks. By Oliver Slow. London: Bloomsbury. 2023. 256pp. £65.00. Isbn978 1 35028 961 1. Available as e-book. Mai Van Tran Mai Van Tran Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue …
Enabling activist resilience
What accounts for the survival and long‐term participation of activists in contentious movements under repression? I argue for the role of an important yet oft‐neglected factor: protective support by civilian bystanders. I propose that, mainly motivated by victim‐oriented sympathy, bystanders engage in high‐risk protection that helps activists to escape crackdowns and bolsters their dedication to the movement. To test my theoretical claims, I exa…
Organic online politics
Despite perennial hope in the democratic possibilities of the internet, the rise of digital authoritarianism threatens online and offline freedom across much of the world. Yet while critical data studies has expanded its geographic focus, limited work to date has examined digital mobilization in the agrarian communities that comprise much of the Global South. This article advances the concept of "organic online politics," to demonstrate how digit…
Strange Bedfellows or Trusted Comrades? Digital Solidarity Building among Myanmar's Revolutionaries
The shock and anger felt by the Myanmar public as they witnessed their democratically elected government deposed in an illegal military coup in early 2021 has led to a revolutionary break in Burmese politics. The Bamar Buddhist political elites, formerly silent on the Rohingya Muslim crisis, apologised for failing to administer justice for the Rohingya victims; the coup breathed new life and possibilities into the formation of a federal democracy…
Provoking Civilian Disruption against Popular Protests
While mass contentious movements face a wide range of state-led counter-mobilisation strategies, existing studies have mainly focused on repression by the security forces and violence contractors. Much less is understood about the impact of governments’ more deceptive strategies to provoke anti-protester hostility among the public, including labelling protesters as criminals and engineering widespread violent crimes. This article examines the eff…
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Authoritarianism (2 works) · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development (2 works)