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Summary:

"On February 1, 2021, Myanmar was thrown into a state of crisis by a military coup, abruptly ending a decade of civilian rule. The junta imprisoned the political opposition and deployed lethal force to quell dissent, thinking that most people would meekly acquiesce. However, they underestimated the tenacity of the nascent democracy that had taken root in the last decade. Instead, a civil disobedience movement quickly emerged, with people going on strike across the country to prevent the junta from exerting control, which was soon followed by armed struggle among urban youth. Forging the Nation: Land Struggles in Myanmar's Transition Period examines how democratic institutions were fought over and built from 2011 to 2020 through the lens of land politics. This book explains how the differences in outcomes in the contest over land are situated in the specific historic and political contexts of Myanmar's states and regions, despite them being subject to the same national dynamics. As Myanmar is an agriculture-based economy involving two-thirds of the population, land remains a coveted asset in the era of the "global land rush," referring to the intensification of capital's pursuit of land since the food price surges in 2008-2009. Thus, land is also the ideal lens through which to understand the dynamics of a country that underwent a three-part transition: towards democracy, towards peace with a national ceasefire, and towards open markets after the lifting of sanctions by the West. Against a fraught democratization process that unfolded from 2011 to 2020, Forging the Nation looks at how state and societal actors in Myanmar's multiethnic society, recovering from over seven decades of civil war, negotiated land politics to shape democratic land institutions. By exploring the interaction of the democratic transition, ethnic politics, and global capital pressures on land across national, regional, and local scales, this book provides an overarching frame that pulls together these three facets that are usually treated separately in the literature. Finally, by emphasizing the co-constituent relationship between democratization and land politics, this book makes a unique contribution to understanding the role of land in political-economic transitions"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Context for Land Tenure Reform
• ch. Two State's Quest for Legitimacy Opens Space
• ch. Three Ethnic Politics of Land
• ch. Four New Market Incentives Shape Norms
• ch. Five Ayeyarwady Region: State-Citizen Negotiations
• ch. Six Chin State: Between State and Customary Institutions
• ch. Seven Kayin State or Kawthoolei: Dual Administration.

Author/Creator:

Mark, SiuSue , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Forging the nation: land struggles in Myanmar's transition period [by Mark, S.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Forging the nation [by Mark, S.] (Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2023] — ISBN 9780824894290; LCCN 2022055947)

Subjects:

Land tenure — Political aspects — Burma

Land tenure — Burma — Regional disparities

Democratization — Burma

Burma — Politics and government — 1988-

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2023).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

HD860.7.Z63 M36 2023eb

ISBNs:

9780824895341 (electronic book)
0824895347 (electronic book)
9780824895327 (electronic book)
0824895320 (electronic book)
9780824895334 (electronic book)
0824895339 (electronic book)
9780824894290 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780824895150 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022055948

OCLC Numbers:

1353817803

Other Control Numbers:

EBC30160881 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp20293735