LEADER 02761nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910781214503321 005 20230725050530.0 010 $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 676 $a341.5/82 700 $aDale$b John G$01519271 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781214503321 996 $aFree Burma$93757292 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$52.50$u07/24/2015$5Dis