Myanmar’s Contested Borderlands: Uneven Development and Ongoing Armed Conflict

Main author: Lertchavalitsakul, Busarin
Other authors: Meehan, Patrick
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description Attempts to assert control over the country’s borderlands have been a central dynamic of the statebuilding agendas of successive governments in Myanmar, albeit a deeply conflictual one in light of the fact that the power and legitimacy of the state has been historically weak and contested throughout much of the country. This chapter explores the unresolved issues surrounding the distribution of power between centre and borderlands that have shaped the mentalities of both the central government and border-based opposition groups since Myanmar’s independence, and the diverse patterns of cross-border interactions that connect Myanmar’s borderlands to the wider region.
author_additional Simpson, Adam
author_additionalStr Simpson, Adam
format Book Chapters
author Lertchavalitsakul, Busarin
author_facet Lertchavalitsakul, Busarin
Meehan, Patrick
authorStr Lertchavalitsakul, Busarin
author_letter Lertchavalitsakul, Busarin
author2 Meehan, Patrick
author2Str Meehan, Patrick
title Myanmar’s Contested Borderlands: Uneven Development and Ongoing Armed Conflict
publisher Routledge
publishDate 2020
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/34289/