outsiders, establishing Karen unity within this region has become divisive in practice and been the source of ethnic conflicts in Burma. Consequently, numerous civil society networks and organizations within and outside Karen ethnicity have emerged in recent years to promote unity in diversity.
The information provided in the article accurate as shown in recent ethnic conflicts in the Union of Myanmar relating to promotion national unity. Karens have experienced tremendous challenges for recognition in this region while attempts towards unity have been largely divisive. This information is important in social work practice with regards to understanding the challenges experienced by Karens with regards to having a sense… Continue Reading...
several compilations and cross examinations on civil wars that occurred in the recent past. There have also been several detailed monographs, testing ethnic conflict theories on specific countries. Owing to the fact that states are the protagonists in world wars, when loyalties of sub state entities and armed groupings undermine the legitimate rule of the governments and cause instability with insurgencies that spill to the neighboring stronger countries, the international conflict control and management within the state is highly vulnerable. New conflicts gain by incorporating the micro-level mobilizing and confronting dynamics of movements of social nature. Such social movements in turn benefit its single dimensional view of regime control of social base… Continue Reading...
since independence, further complicating the political environment. One in six South Sudanese has fled their homes, and the fighting is related to ethnic conflict and land disputes (BBC, 2016). Essentially, the people are engaging in land conflict as the consequence of the country's power vacuum.. With no credible source of central power, there is always the risk of conflict, and in South Sudan that has been the situation.
Government Structure
The literature on government structure and economic development is interesting, because it does not really apply to an active conflict zone. Economic development simply does not take place during active conflict. Foreign firms are unwilling to invest, even when there are oil… Continue Reading...
affected people during social and ethnic conflicts. As international law and politics has become increasingly dominated by the need to safeguard women’s values and expectations, gender relations have taken center stage in international relations discourse.
The emerging feminist perspective in international relations has placed women at the center of international law and politics (Buskie, 2013). This perspective highlights how women are affected by existing structures and behaviors in the international system and legislative framework. This information is in turn utilized to explore and develop ways through which international relations theory and discourse is restructured in… Continue Reading...
