Changing Burma From Without
Political Activism Among the Burmese Diaspora
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8078678 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Williams Williams, Susan H Williams (0000-0002-6374-6104, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-121 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1080-0727 • E-ISSN: 1543-0367 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/indjglolegstu.19.1.121 |
| OpenAlex | W2088358535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 1 |
This Article examines the role that the Burmese diaspora plays from afar in influencing reform inside the country. It offers a brief history of the crisis in Burma as background for identifying the various elements of the diaspora: those on the run from the military; those in camps for internally displaced persons and refugees; migrant workers; leaders of the democracy movement active on Burma's borders; asylees; and professional activists with influence on the international community. The different groups use the different strategies available to them. The leadership on the borders is helping to lead the democracy movement inside the country; leaders outside the country, by contrast, try to lobby the United Nations and foreign governments. Unfortunately, these strategies sometimes conflict because the different groups must serve different agendas: the leaders outside the country must be especially responsive to the international community, and the leaders on the borders must be especially responsive to their followers inside Burma. The result is that the movement is often disunited at a time when unity is critical for dealing with the Burmese government. The Article ends with a call for the international community to change the incentives that it gives to the various diasporic groups so as to promote unity within the democracy movement.\nGlobalization and Migration Symposium, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, April 7-8, 2011
Burmese · Democracy · Development economics · Diaspora · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · International community · Military government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.64 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |