From unarmed to armed resistance

• Verfasst von: Wießmann, Julia [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: From unarmed to armed resistance
• Titelzusatz: the anti-coup in Myanmar
• Verf.angabe: Julia Wießmann
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: 13 Feb 2024
• Umfang: 19 S.
• Fussnoten: Online veröffentlicht: 13. Februar 2024 ; Gesehen am 24.05.2024
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Contemporary politics
• Ort Quelle: London [u.a.] : Taylor & Francis, 1995
• Jahr Quelle: 2024
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2024), Seite 1-19
• ISSN Quelle: 1469-3631
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1889760277

Abstract

Following the 2021 military coup, a unionwide peaceful anti-coup movement emerged in Myanmar, which escalated into armed conflict. The aim of this paper is to explain how and why the initially nonviolent anti-coup movement radicalised. This study applies the qualitative method process-tracing. I argue that the resistance's radicalisation can be explained by three interacting mechanisms. First, the framing of high-intensity repression as a trigger event provides actors with a motivational basis for armed resistance. Second, the initially low cohesion and lack of leadership in the movement enabled mobilisation for armed resistance in self-organising networks. Third, the contentious capacity of longstanding non-state armed actors provides resisters with possibilities to implement an armed repertoire.