
Mads Barbesgaard
Associated Senior Lecturer

The politics of Myanmar’s agrarian transformation
Author
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
Frank Cass Publishers
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