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Mads Barbesgaard

Mads Barbesgaard

Associated Senior Lecturer

Mads Barbesgaard

The politics of Myanmar’s agrarian transformation

Author

  • Doi Ra
  • Sai Sam Kham
  • Mads Barbesgaard
  • Jennifer C. Franco
  • Pietje Vervest

Summary, in English

Myanmar is in a dangerous and uncertain moment following the military coup on 1 February 2021. The articles in this Special Forum provide timely contextual analysis. Written before the coup, the articles delve into the politics of agrarian transformation in the context of (what was then) an ongoing (but fragile) opening up of political space. This introduction outlines three themes that connect the articles and now also shed some light on what the future may hold: (1) the limited character of the 2010–2021 ‘democratic transition’; (2) the struggles around land and natural resources amidst a social reproduction crisis and (3) the responses of rural working peoples.

Department/s

  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

463-475

Publication/Series

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volume

48

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • democratic transition
  • military coup
  • Myanmar (Burma)
  • politics of agrarian transformation
  • rural working people

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0306-6150