International Aid Partnerships Amidst Myanmar's Revolution
Solidarity or Self-Preservation and Compliance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Wells (0000-0002-5604-7081, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author), Tamas Wells, Pyae Phyo Maung (0009-0007-8638-607X, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 867-886 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472336.2024.2320415 |
| OpenAlex | W4392845957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 23 |
Along with its broader impact in the country, Myanmar's 2021 coup and subsequent revolution have brought an upheaval amongst international aid agencies. As they have pivoted their programmes in the new context, international agencies have faced criticism from many Myanmar humanitarian and advocacy organisations. Drawing on interviews from 2022, this article argues that the way in which aid is given – in relation to context-specific conventions of reciprocity – is significant in creating meaning in partnerships. Engaging with Myanmar studies literature, the article contends that well-known overlapping values of sedana (goodwill), parahita (charity), and metta (loving kindness) inform Myanmar organisation leaders' expectations of reciprocity in their relationship with international aid agencies in the context of Myanmar's revolution. There is often a moral overlay on interpretations of aid partnerships, beyond the project-organised and contractual relationship that characterises the formal realm. Criticism of international aid is not new in Myanmar, yet the revolution has increased the stakes for local organisations and exposed new fractures in their relationships with their international partners. Transnational support is crucial amid the country's revolution and many Myanmar organisation leaders seek relationships of solidarity with international agencies, yet diverging assumptions about reciprocity in partnerships fuel ongoing frustration
Compliance (psychology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · International Development and Aid · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
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Considering Intermediaries as Relational Localizers
Humanitarian engagement with Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 coup
Volunteering While Researching Conflict and Violence
Foreign Aid, Civil Society and Post‐colonial Statebuilding in the Thai‒Myanmar Borderworld
Seeing like a donor
Introduction
Eviscerated to Revolutionary
Compliance and coloniality
Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar
Opposing the Rule of Law
Empowering Difference
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Cultures of (dis)trust
A call for critical reflection on the localisation agenda in humanitarian action
The rise of an anti-politics machinery
Buddhist Backgrounds of the Burmese Revolution
Interpretive Complexity and Crisis
Democratic Deservingness and Self-Reliance in Contemporary Myanmar
Civilian peacebuilding
Cross-Cultural Considerations in Complex Peace Operations
International NGOs and the Aid Industry
The Gift - Marcel Mauss and international aid
Networks of Reciprocity
The 'conflict paradox
Soldier Defection as a Revolutionary Strategy in Myanmar
Introduction
"Living With" Revolution
Dynamics of multi-local gifts
Contemporary Gifts
| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |