LEADER 02794nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910456775303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4529-4589-6 010 $a0-8166-7653-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040001 035 $a(EBL)730141 035 $a(OCoLC)741492676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522708 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522708 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10538572 035 $a(PQKB)10330100 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178013 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC730141 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29852 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL730141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10482230 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525794 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040001 100 $a20101210d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFree Burma$b[electronic resource] $etransnational legal action and corporate accountability /$fJohn G. Dale 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4647-3 311 $a0-8166-4646-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBurma's struggle for democracy and human rights before 1988 -- Locating power in the free Burma movement -- Free Burma laws : legislating transnational sanctions -- Corporate "death penalty" : executing charter revocation -- Alien tort claims : adjudicating human rights abuses abroad. 330 $aWhen the military's ruling party violently quashed Burma's pro-democracy movement, diplomatic condemnation quickly followed--to little effect. But when Burma's activists began linking the movement to others around the world, the result was dramatically different. This book is the first to explain how Burma's pro-democracy movement became a transnational social movement for human rights. Through the experience of the Free Burma movement, John G. Dale demonstrates how social movements create and appropriate legal mechanisms for generating new transnational political opportunities. He presents th 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xLaw and legislation 607 $aBurma$xInternational status 607 $aBurma$xPolitics and government$y1988- 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zBurma 607 $aBurma$xForeign relations$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a341.5/82 700 $aDale$b John G$0905711 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456775303321 996 $aFree Burma$92025854 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$52.50$u07/24/2015$5Dis