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ToolsMcConnachie, Kirsten, Lynn Ee-Ho, Elaine and Kyed, Helene Maria (2022) Border Governance: Reframing political transition in Myanmar. Modern Asian Studies, 56 (2). pp. 471-503. ISSN 0026-749X
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Abstract
Borderlands and bordering processes are central to politics and the governance of people, goods, and territories, not only as markers of territorial-administrative control but also as practices that shape the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion, mobility/immobility, and relations of power and authority. This special issue focuses on Myanmar, where political governance is deeply entangled with ethnicity, territory, borders, and bordering processes. We attempt to untangle these relationships by adopting an approach that combines consideration of how borderlands are governed with recognition of the ways in which borders, borderlands, and border populations shape governance and administration. We define this approach as ‘border governance’, by which we mean governance in, of, and through borderlands. In this introduction, we explore the meaning and significance of border governance as it relates to Myanmar, its ethnic border states, and their relations to other nations bordering the country. In doing so, we engage with and develop scholarly debates in three primary areas: (i) Borders, territoriality, and bordering processes; (ii) Plural governance and everyday bordering; (iii) Peacebuilding and the borders of transition. The articles in this special issue were written prior to the military coup of February 2021. Nevertheless, the central arguments presented here remain relevant, as does our conclusion: to achieve lasting peace in Myanmar, the borderlands must be at the centre.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | geography, planning and development,history,sociology and political science ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > International Law Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2022 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2022 03:41 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/89801 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0026749X21000755 |
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