A case study of violence and recovery in Meikhtilar, Myanmar
Issued Date
2024
Copyright Date
2017
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Language
eng
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application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
viii, 128 leaves . ill.
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open access
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ผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้า
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Mahidol University
Bibliographic Citation
Thesis (M.A. (Human Rights))--Mahidol University, 2017
Suggested Citation
Ye, Myint Win, 1983- A case study of violence and recovery in Meikhtilar, Myanmar. Thesis (M.A. (Human Rights))--Mahidol University, 2017. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/92394
Title
A case study of violence and recovery in Meikhtilar, Myanmar
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Abstract
This study aimed to provide a better understanding of the violence perpetrated against Muslims to understand the rationale, nature, process, structure, dynamics and characteristics of the violence, and to identify human rights violations and the state's failure to fulfill its obligations to protect the citizens from violence as provided for in the international legal frameworks such as CEDAW and CRC already ratified by the Myanmar Government. This was a qualitative research based on in-depth interviews with key informants selected using the snowball sampling method in Meikhtilar and Mandalay. Brass (2004) institutionalized riot system, identifying the three elements of violence as Preparation, Activation, and Explanation. (IRS) was applied to analyze the anti- Muslim violence examining only the Preparation and Activation of anti-Muslim Violence. In the preparation and activation, the rise of institutionalized anti-Muslim sentiment and hate speech which are imperative preconditions for instigating anti-Muslim violence, and the people's perception of what causes violence were analyzed respectively. This study provided a case and exploration of the way anti-Muslim violence has proceeded from entrenched anti-Muslim sentiment promoted in recent years by a radical faction of nationalist Buddhist monks but dating back to the colonial-era Burma. It substantiated the theory of a nexus between the rise of institutionalized anti-Muslim sentiment and institutionalized anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar. This study also argues that promotion of anti-Muslim sentiment and hate speech has always escalated shortly before periodic outbreaks of mass violence against Muslims in Myanmar.
Description
Human Rights (Mahidol University 2017)
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Degree Level
Master's degree
Degree Department
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies
Degree Discipline
Human Rights
Degree Grantor(s)
Mahidol University