Building National Identity through Schooling and Language Policies: Burmanization as a Diversity Management Strategy | Student Strategy & Security Journal
March 23rd, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung discusses the importance of policy making around languageand education in building a common national identity, using the case study of Myanmar from 1962 to the present day. By comparing the Burmanization process by different Burmese governments to French nation-building through schools and schooling in the 1800s, this paper argues that the successful sustenance of diverse states draws from effective long-term diversity managementthrough education reforms. It analyzes different Burmanization policies employed by four governments of Myanmar using the categorizations of different diversity management techniques From Myanmar’s example, the article concludes that diversity management through schooling as an ethnic conflict regulation strategy remains relevantin today’s politics.