The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance
Following the National League for Democracy’s landslide victory in the 2015 national election, Myanmar embarked on a series of legal and political transitions. This paper highlights parallel processes alongside such transitions. Linking land governance with the ongoing peace processes, and taking Ka...
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| author | Suhardiman, Diana Bright, J. Palmano, C. |
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| description | Following the National League for Democracy’s landslide victory in the 2015 national election, Myanmar embarked on a series of legal and political transitions. This paper highlights parallel processes alongside such transitions. Linking land governance with the ongoing peace processes, and taking Karen state as a case study, it brings to light how both processes are in fact closely interlinked. Building on legal pluralism research, we argue that in the context of ethnic states, farmers’ strategies to strengthen their land rights resemble the very notion of state transformation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1064702023-06-13T05:45:28Z The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance Suhardiman, Diana Bright, J. Palmano, C. land governance legal pluralism political power land use land rights land policies central government political institutions legal frameworks farmers land tenure customary tenure land titling strategies villages local communities case studies Following the National League for Democracy’s landslide victory in the 2015 national election, Myanmar embarked on a series of legal and political transitions. This paper highlights parallel processes alongside such transitions. Linking land governance with the ongoing peace processes, and taking Karen state as a case study, it brings to light how both processes are in fact closely interlinked. Building on legal pluralism research, we argue that in the context of ethnic states, farmers’ strategies to strengthen their land rights resemble the very notion of state transformation. 2021-02-23 2020-01-08T09:10:42Z 2020-01-08T09:10:42Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106470 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Suhardiman, Diana; Bright, J.; Palmano, C. 2021. The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance. Journal of Peasant Studies, 48(2):411-435. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2019.1656200] |
| spellingShingle | land governance legal pluralism political power land use land rights land policies central government political institutions legal frameworks farmers land tenure customary tenure land titling strategies villages local communities case studies Suhardiman, Diana Bright, J. Palmano, C. The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance |
| title | The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance |
| title_full | The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance |
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| title_short | The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance |
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| topic | land governance legal pluralism political power land use land rights land policies central government political institutions legal frameworks farmers land tenure customary tenure land titling strategies villages local communities case studies |
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