Skripsi ini menjelaskan keterkaitan relasi kelompok biksu dengan rejim militer SLORC/SPDC dan pengaruhnya terhadap peran kelompok biksu sebagai counterbalance power periode 1988-2011. Tujuan skripsi ini adalah untuk mendapatkan gambaran mengenai relasi kelompok biksu dengan rejim militer SLORC/SPDC dan pengaruhnya terhadap peran yang dijalankan oleh kelompok biksu sebagai counterbalance power. Temuan skripsi ini pertama, relasi kelompok biksu dengan rejim militer mengarah kepada pelemahan kekuatan kelompok biksu yang dilakukan dengan strategi korporatisme negara, kooptasi, hegemoni ideologi, serta peraturan dan aksi represif dari rejim militer. Kedua, relasi kelompok biksu dan rejim militer mendorong biksu berperan sebagai counterbalance power. Ketiga, peran kelompok biksu sebagai counterbalance power dijalankan dalam fungsi representasi, resistensi, dan watchdog.

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This undergraduate thesis attempts to analyze the linkage of Buddhist monks and Military Regime SLORC/SPDC relations and its effect on the role of the Buddhist monks as a counterbalance power period 1988-2011. The purpose of this study is to explain the relation of Buddhist monks with the military regime SLORC/SPDC and its effect on the role played by Buddhist monks as a counterbalance power. The first findings of this research is Buddhist monks relations with the military regime leads to the weakening of the power of Buddhist monks, who carried out the strategy of state corporatism, cooptation, ideological hegemony, and regulatory and repressive actions of the military regime. Secondly, relations between Buddhist monks and the military regime encourage Buddhist monks to act as a counterbalance power. Third, the role of the Buddhist monks as a counterbalance power operates as a representation function, resistance, and watchdog.