The spatial politics of land policy reform in Myanmar and Laos

Kenney-Lazar, Miles; Suhardiman, Diana; Hunt, Glenn (2022). The spatial politics of land policy reform in Myanmar and Laos. The journal of peasant studies, 50(4), pp. 1529-1548. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2022.2054700

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Land policy reform has dominated the development agenda across the Global South over the past two decades. In contrast with earlier distributive land reforms, contemporary policies reflect an amalgamation of neoliberal, state territorial, and social justice agendas. This paper demonstrates how land policy changes reflect the spatially extensive and multi-scalar politics of land contestation and control, employing the cases of Myanmar and Laos. Myanmar's short-lived democratic transition enabled civil society actors to exert uneven influence on policy reform. In contrast, communist party and state dominance in Laos has constrained, although not wholly obstructed, policy intervention by non-governmental groups.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

UniBE Contributor:

Hunt, Glenn

ISSN:

0306-6150

Publisher:

Routledge

Projects:

[857] OneMap Myanmar Phase 2
[803] Cluster: Land Resources

Language:

English

Submitter:

Melchior Peter Nussbaumer

Date Deposited:

01 Feb 2023 10:08

Last Modified:

13 Aug 2023 02:52

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/03066150.2022.2054700

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/177897

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/177897

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