Upland Geopolitics : Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush

Upland Geopolitics Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush

"In the twenty-first century, transnational land deals in the Global South have become increasingly prevalent and controversial. Widely seen as a new global land grab, transnational access to arable land in impoverished "land-rich" countries in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dwyer, Michael B., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press 2022
[2022]
Colección:Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment
Materias:
Rural development > Laos.
Economic development > Laos.
Investments, Foreign > Laos.
Rubber industry and trade > Laos > Foreign ownership.
Rubber plantations > Political aspects > Laos.
Land tenure > Laos.
Uplands > Economic aspects > Laos.
Land use, Rural > Government policy > Laos.
China > Foreign economic relations > Laos.
Laos > Foreign economic relations > China.
Asian history
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009674719406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Governing the Global Land Rush
  • Where the Rubber Meets the Road : Uneven Enclosure in Northwestern Laos
  • A Real Country? De-Nationalizing the Lao Uplands, 1955-1975
  • The Geography of Security : Population Management Work, 1975-2000
  • Micro-Geopolitics : Turning Battlefields into Marketplaces, 2000-2018
  • Paper Landscapes : State Formation and Spatial Legibility in Postwar Laos
  • Conclusion : The Politics of Spatial Transparency.

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