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E-book State Institutions, Civic Associations, and Identity Demands

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Southeast Asia has been home to some of the world’s bloodiest separatist conflicts. Myanmar alone has the most simultaneous ongoing civil wars; it also has the longest ongoing conflict between the Karen National Libera-tion Army (KNLA) and the Myanmar government. Beyond Myanmar, in other parts of the region, violent ethnoregional movements continue to rage, from Western Papua (Irian Jaya) in Indonesia to Mindanao in the Philippines to the Malay-Muslim provinces of Thailand’s Deep South. Meanwhile, numerous other ethnic insurgencies across Southeast Asia have dissipated, been crushed, or been resolved, such as the Hmong gue-rilla resistance in Laos and the Timorese insurgency in Indonesia.At the same time, peaceful separatist movements also abound across Southeast Asia. In the Cordillera region of the Philippines, the government made provisions on two separate occasions for referendums on regional autonomy, though the proposal failed both times. In the Lanna region of Thailand, peaceful movements for separatism appeared briefly in 2013–14, characterized by small protests and banners being hung from bridges. In Malaysia, organizations like the Sarawak Association for Peoples’ Aspira-tion and the Borneo Heritage Foundation advocate for independence. And in Vietnam, the Khmer Krom and Montagnards have proposed indepen-dent states.Some of these separatist movements have links to regional political par-ties. However, regional parties that champion regional interests—without advocating for separatism—are even more numerous. Examples include the majority of Sabah and Sarawak parties in East Malaysia. Despite their history with armed insurgent groups, many ethnic parties in Myanmar today are not demanding independence. The Mon Unity Party, for exam-ple, advocates for the representation of Mon cultural interests. This was the case both before and after the coup. Most Acehnese parties in Indone-sia (Aceh being the only region not held to the national party registration requirements) likewise do not advocate for separatism. Relatedly, there are sharp divides between the North and the South in Taiwan and Thailand—with parties essentially representing one particular region even if they do not have the region in their name.

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303.6 HAL s

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USA : University of Michigan Press., 2024

Deskripsi Fisik

317 hlm

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English

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9780472903412

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303.6

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Tipe Media

computer

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online resource

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Conflict Social

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