Essays about: "Burma"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the word Burma.

  1. 21. Women’s Participation in the Burmese Ethnic and Student Oppositional Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Emelie Svensson; [2015]
    Keywords : Burma; Myanmar; Social Movement; Ethnic and Student Oppositional Movement; Student and Youth Organisation; Feminist Standpoint Theory; Women’s Participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The official notion of women in Burma is that they are equal to men but happy with their non- political domestic role in society. This notion undermines the work and struggle done by women in the oppositional movement. READ MORE

  3. 22. When the Transnational Meets the Particular: Businesses as Actors of Transnational Governance in a Changing Myanmar

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Johan Krom; [2015]
    Keywords : transnational governance; cosmopolitanism; globalisation; retreat of the state; Myanmar; Burma; trade sanctions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following five decades of isolation and ruthless military rule, Myanmar authorities started implementing various nominally democratic reforms. In response to these developments Western governments scaled back sanctions that had made the country anathema to foreign business. READ MORE

  4. 23. Social Capital and Burmese Migrant Domestic Workers in Thailand

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ganon Koompraphant; [2014]
    Keywords : Burma; Thailand; domestic; migrant worker; social capital; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore and understand the significant of social networks for Burmese domestic migrant workers who live in Thailand. In order to achieve that, the thesis employs the concept of social capital to scrutinize different social networks in the migrants’ lives. READ MORE

  5. 24. http:// Myanmar       : A case study on Internet freedom and responsible investment in Myanmar’s emerging Telecom scene

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Therése Naomi Jonsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Myanmar; Burma; Internet freedom; human rights; telecom; CSR;

    Abstract : Myanmar is one of the least connected countries in the world, with an estimated Internet penetration at just over one per cent. The country was ruled by a rigid military regime for half a century, who had a firm grip on the media and brutally cracked down upon any political dissent. READ MORE

  6. 25. En diskursanalys av den statliga pressens rapportering av det anti-muslimska våldet i Myanmar

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Kirke Kyander; [2014]
    Keywords : conflict; violence; ethnicity; Myanmar; Rohingya; Burma; Mänskliga rättigheter; Human rights; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Myanmar has made some reforms in the last couple of years but still the country is facing many difficulties. The aim of this paper is to see how the authorities in Myanmar report about the violence that has been directed towards the country’s Muslim population. READ MORE