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In Myanmar, generation Z goes to war

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2023
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Loong, S. (2023). In Myanmar, generation Z goes to war. Current History, 122(843), 137–142. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2023.122.843.137

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Days after Myanmar’s February 2021 coup, young people took to the streets. The protests were tongue-in-cheek at first, but soon gave way to a grave civil war. Understanding this shift from nonviolent protests to armed resistance requires shedding two frames that have been applied to Myanmar in the past: those of liberal democracy and state failure. Doing so brings into focus how, to an extent unprecedented in Myanmar, the anti-coup movement is challenging entrenched divides between “democracy” and “ethnonationalism,” and between “conf

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  • Loong, Shona
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122

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843

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137

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142

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Keywords

History, Myanmar, coup, protests, armed conflict, ethnonationalism, youth

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English

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2023-04-01

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2023-11-16

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1944-785X

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130 since deposited on 2023-11-16
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Loong, S. (2023). In Myanmar, generation Z goes to war. Current History, 122(843), 137–142. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2023.122.843.137

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