Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika
Vol. 18 No. 2 (2023): Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika

Revolutionary challenges of the Myanmar Generation Z students and the impact on the rapidity of the 2021 spring revolution

Kyawt Nandar Myo Thein (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Kris Nugroho (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Siti Aminah (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Sep 2023

Abstract

The Generation Z student revolutions in Myanmar that fight for democracy against the military coup in 2021 present challenges that limit the rapidity of the revolution. The research aims to explore Generation Z students’ movements and challenges in anti-coup protests, armed struggle movements, and click movements as well as the impacts on the rapidity of the revolution. The study used a qualitative method by applying the social movement theory and revolutionary concept of Charles Tilly which reveal that Generation Z students are confronted with deaths triggered by violent crackdowns, illegal arrests, and imprisonment, difficulties with the environment and livelihoods, financial matters, weaponry issues, and internet outages in conducting movements against the coup. Challenges, however, simply dragged down the protest movement’s rapidity; armed movements and online click movements are still escalating on their own rapidity. The research concludes that the outcome of the revolutionary movement is unpredictable except the conflict between the military and armed resistance is gradually expanding day by day during a two-and-a-half-year post-coup period.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

DIALEKTIKA

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Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika (JSD) is open access, peer-reviewed and scientific journal published by Universitas Airlangga. The objective of Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika (JSD) is to publish original research and review articles which advance the theoretical understanding of, promote and report ...