From unarmed to armed resistance: the anti-coup in Myanmar
Following the 2021 military coup, a unionwide peaceful anti-coup movement emerged in Myanmar, which escalated into armed conflict. The aim of this paper is to explain how and why the initially nonviolent anti-coup movement radicalised. This study applies the qualitative method process-tracing. I arg...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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13 Feb 2024
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Contemporary politics
Year: 2024, Pages: 1-19 |
| ISSN: | 1469-3631 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13569775.2024.2314333
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| Author Notes: | Julia Wießmann |
| Summary: | Following the 2021 military coup, a unionwide peaceful anti-coup movement emerged in Myanmar, which escalated into armed conflict. The aim of this paper is to explain how and why the initially nonviolent anti-coup movement radicalised. This study applies the qualitative method process-tracing. I argue that the resistance's radicalisation can be explained by three interacting mechanisms. First, the framing of high-intensity repression as a trigger event provides actors with a motivational basis for armed resistance. Second, the initially low cohesion and lack of leadership in the movement enabled mobilisation for armed resistance in self-organising networks. Third, the contentious capacity of longstanding non-state armed actors provides resisters with possibilities to implement an armed repertoire. |
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| Item Description: | Online veröffentlicht: 13. Februar 2024 Gesehen am 24.05.2024 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1469-3631 |