Throughout the conflict of ethnic minorities in Myanmar, policies were used by the government in different periods of time to prevent and ceasefire the problems both soft and hard ways. Numbers of talks and agreement attempted to be reached and finalized. In this part of the research, will examined the main and important attempts used by the government to solve the conflicts and the policies in which both create a better environment for peace and create the breakout of violence. In the past, Myanmar under British rule was using “divide and rule” policy with the ethnic minorities due to the differences of the terrain and weather which made it hard to govern and block the communication and transportation. Beside the physical factors, these ethnic …show more content…
In the 2008 constitution, “The main political aim of the United Wa State Party (UWSP) is to achieve the formation of a Wa State, or a Wa Pyi-neh, falling directly under responsibility of the central government in Rangoon, and not administered through Shan State” and aims of other ethnic groups are not yet guaranteed making these ethnic minorities once again turn against the …show more content…
As stated in the previous part of the report, Myanmar is one countries with great numbers of ethnic groups which in the past, there was no or less attempted to make them feel as one. These people were being marginalized from the society and the way they wish their voices to be heard is to set up arm rebellions, so the problems of ethnic groups in Myanmar has not only to do with politics and economic only but socio-cultural ways of solving the issue is also needed as these people are demanding for equality in the society. In the next part, the policy suggestion will be provided in order to solve the conflicts that lasted even before the country gained
I think the most important conflict in the novel, A Lesson Before Dying is person versus self (Grant versus self). Grant struggles with self-doubt, unsure if what he is doing within his community is truly making a difference. This uncertainty is evident when Grant questions himself in relation to his teaching at the local church, “What am I doing? Am I reaching them at all?... Is it just a vicious circle?
Different cultures reacted in different ways and had diverse
If popular government is going to survive, it must be organized to protect minorities from majorities who are going to pursue their own self-interests, ” (p.70). They believed that the central government must be stronger than local governments to prevent individuals or groups from attaining too much
The increased migration of African-Americans to northern cities because of the decline in agricultural opportunities in the South and later for the war effort caused increased racial tension and riots as the black population had more of a presence in the close proximity of the urban environment. The worst riot during the war was in Detroit during the summer of 1943 where a fight broke out in Belle Isle Park between black and white men. Rumors of the fight and of rape spread and with it the riot did as well lasting for four days with 25 African-Americans and 5 whites dead and two million dollars of property damage occurring. Riots were obviously terrible occurrences but by occurring during war time when the government was most aware of domestic discontent that could harm the war effort, the riots acted as
War is defined as “[a] state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict” (“War”). War existed throughout the history of mankind, and left its footprints deep within our society. Even though, we do not know what war truly is. We may assume that war is a complex matter that derives us to think and analyze its true meanings and values. It raises the question of ‘What causes war?’
Introduction The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Before the Vietnam War, it was believed that any problem can solved with the use of military. But in Vietnam War, countries like USA, become to know that, war is not a solution of every problem in Southern Asia. In this war, one side was represented by the USA, who had the support of west European countries and other side was North Vietnam, , who was supported by USSR. The origins of the Vietnam War are rooted in centuries of resistance by the Vietnamese from foreign control.
Even though That conflict does not impact other people's lives that it's just an obstacle that's in the way and that you have to go around it. Conflict does impacts people's lives by if someone loses their love one it can effect on how they behave around certain people and it can change on how they think of things. Conflict does not impact people's lives because there are people when something happens they ignore it. A difference that these books had was that in the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien the main character did not get to chose if he wanted to have some conflict in his life and in the book
Introduction The hope for this research essay is to try to implement and understand the role of democracy in the case of the Korean War. This research essay will look in depth to see if democracy can truly prevent war and bring peace or if it is irrelevant in what causes war in the international realm. This concept is also known as the Democratic Peace Theory. The Democratic Peace Theory is probably the most popular theme or theory in trying to understand what causes war and what causes peace.
The Present-day Civil War According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, civil war is defined as: a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. The famous Civil War back in the late 1800s within the United States of America was fought over slavery. As the North decided they wanted freedom for all people including the slaves, the South wanted the very opposite, and the separated parts of America fought mercilessly because of it. Once the Civil War was over, we thought the majority of the fighting would be over, and that there would be no problems between different races.
Even though it has been over sixty years since Myanmar was imperialized, remnants of the outcome of imperialism can still be well observed. The language, the clothing, the infrastructures all have been affected by imperialism. These effects may deceive people into thinking that imperialism was all sunshine and rainbows but in reality, imperialism brutally destroyed the different aspects of a country. Imperialism impacted societies in countless negative ways. It led to slave trade which then led to social discrimination around the world.
Conflict resolution as a field of study as indicated has formed hypothetical bits of knowledge into the nature and source of conflict and how conflicts can be resolved through peaceful systems to effectuate a dependable settlement. Morton Deutsch, was the first to form and understanding into the helpful results of collaboration as a scholastic enquiry. In his view, various variables like the way of the debate and the objectives every group in a conflict goes for are crucial in deciding the sort of introduction a group would convey to the negotiation table in its endeavor to unravel the conflict (Morton Deucth, 1985, p.24). To him, two essential orientations do exist. These are competitive and cooperative.
This chapter explains the difference between race and ethnicity and how they came about. It also explains the advantages and disadvantages some have due to the creation of race. Race and ethnicity have strong foundations not only within countries, but between them. Globalization has increased the individual’s ethnic identities, but has also put some at disadvantages. Having different races and ethnicities is not an issue, but ranking the different races and putting others at disadvantages creates issues.
In simple terms, different identity groups such as those whose languages, religions education-levels, genders, and ethnics come together, they create a diverse
These factors include sociocultural, technological, political-legal, economic,
The violent conflict approach is defined through coercion, threats, and destructive assaults. Galtung’s, model suggests that each of these components influence one another, and while each