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Turning Land into Capital
Development and Dispossession in the Mekong Region
Edited by Philip Hirsch, Kevin Woods, Natalia Scurrah, Michael Dwyer and Michael B. Dwyer
Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan, Contributions by Jean-Christophe Diepart, Christian Castellanet, Carl Middleton, Vanessa Lamb, Nga Dao and Marie Mellac, Series edited by K. Sivaramakrishnan
Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan, Contributions by Jean-Christophe Diepart, Christian Castellanet, Carl Middleton, Vanessa Lamb, Nga Dao and Marie Mellac, Series edited by K. Sivaramakrishnan
In Southeast Asia reversals of earlier agrarian reforms have rolled back "land-to-the-tiller" policies created in the wake of Cold War–era revolutions. This trend, marked by increased land concentration and the promotion of export-oriented agribusiness at the expense of smallholder farmers, exposes the convergence of capitalist relations and state agendas that expand territorial control within and across national borders. Turning Land into Capital examines the contradictions produced by superimposing twenty-first-century neoliberal projects onto diverse landscapes etched by decades of war and state socialism.
Chapters in the book explore geopolitics, legacies of colonialism, ideologies of development, and strategies to achieve land justice in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The resulting picture reveals the place-specific interactions of state and market ideologies, regional geopolitics, and local elites in concentrating control over land.
Chapters in the book explore geopolitics, legacies of colonialism, ideologies of development, and strategies to achieve land justice in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The resulting picture reveals the place-specific interactions of state and market ideologies, regional geopolitics, and local elites in concentrating control over land.
About the Authors
Reviews
"This book is an important palliative to the recent ontological turn in environmental anthropology. It throws into sharp relief issues of power, inequality, and the commodification of nature that go beyond the intimacies of human-nature entanglement. Crafting a more-than-human perspective grounded in the dynamics of land capitalization and justice allows for a more robust approach to scholarship in this academic subfield and region...Furthermore, the volume is an outcome of collaborative scholarship engaged deeply in local and regional work."—H-Net Reviews
"Anyone familiar with this group of authors will not be surprised that Turning Land into Capital is incisive work, informed by a range of interdisciplinary perspectives and communicating the complexities of land politics with depth and clarity."—Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Endorsements
"A timely contribution to the field of agrarian studies, this book offers an insightful analysis of emerging trends in land use, land ownership, and growing inequality in the Mekong Region."—Jonathan Padwe, author of Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands
"Inspires additional work by providing close attention to land and agrarian transformation as a lens to illuminate broad political, social, and economic processes shaping and reshaping the region."—Tyrell Haberkorn, author of "By drawing attention to the capitalization of land and showing how it works at different scales to change the lives of millions of people, the authors make an intervention that is both original and urgent."—Tania Li, coauthor of
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| Hardback | |
| September 13, 2022 | |
| 9780295750453 | |
| English | |
| 264 | |
| 2 maps, 5 charts, 3 tables | |
| 9.00 Inches (US) | |
| 6.00 Inches (US) | |
| 1.1 Pounds (US) | |
| $105.00 USD, £79.00 GBP | |
| v2.1 Reference | |
| Paperback / softback | |
| September 13, 2022 | |
| 9780295750460 | |
| English | |
| 264 | |
| 2 maps, 5 charts, 3 tables | |
| 9.00 Inches (US) | |
| 6.00 Inches (US) | |
| .8 Pounds (US) | |
| $32.00 USD, £22.99 GBP | |
| v2.1 Reference | |
Hardback
264 Pages
$105.00 USD
Paperback / softback
264 Pages
$32.00 USD