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Attempted secessions in Myanmar: case studies of Karen and Shan states (1948 - 2015)
Dembický, Filip ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Doboš, Bohumil (referee)
Master diploma thesis deals with the potential secessionist attempts in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Thesis is divided into several parts: introduction, theoretical part, practical part and conclusion. In the introduction of the thesis the research question is stated: Is it possible to justify the secessionist attempts in the Karen and the Shan State by the theory of the remedial secession? Theoretical part consists of two chapters. The first chapter explains the concepts of the secession, the sovereignty and the quasi-state. The concept of the normative theories of secession is described. The remedial theory of secession elaborated by American political philosopher Allen Buchanan is introduced in this chapter. Buchanan's remedial theory criteria are applied in the practical part of the research. The second chapter of the theoretical part depicts the constitutional and political history of the independent state of Burma/Myanmar since year 1948 when the state had been created until the year 2015 when Nationwide Ceasefire Act of 2015 between the Burmese federal government and the ethnic armed organizations was signed. This chapter serves as a background for diachronic comparison of three subdivisions of Burmese constitutional and political history. Those subdivisions are: the first era (1947...

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