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The contested terrain of land governance reform in Myanmar

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Title The contested terrain of land governance reform in Myanmar
 
Creator Suhardiman, Diana
Kenney-Lazar, M.
Meinzen-Dick, R.
 
Subject land governance
land policies
land reform
land use
land grabbing
state intervention
civil society organizations
donors
political aspects
legal aspects
land law
farmers
land rights
social aspects
 
Description State control of land plays a critical role in producing land dispossession throughout the Global South. In Myanmar, the state’s approach towards territorial expansion has driven the country’s system of land governance, resulting in widespread and systemic land grabbing. This article investigates ongoing land governance reforms as key terrains for contesting such abuses of power. Employing a relational land governance approach, we view reform processes as shaped by changing power-laden social relations among government, civil society, and international donor actors. Legal and regulatory reforms in Myanmar potentially act as sites of meaningful social change but in practice tend to maintain significant limitations in altering governance dynamics. Civil society organizations and their alliances in Myanmar have played an important role in opening up policy processes to a broader group of political actors. Yet, policies and legal frameworks still are often captured by elite actors, becoming trapped in path dependent power relations.
 
Date 2019-07-03
2019-08-29T09:26:58Z
2019-08-29T09:26:58Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Suhardiman, Diana; Kenney-Lazar, M.; Meinzen-Dick, R. 2019. The contested terrain of land governance reform in Myanmar. Critical Asian Studies, 51(3):368-385. doi: 10.1080/14672715.2019.1630845
1467-2715
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103450
https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2019.1630845
 
Language en
 
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Format 368-385
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Critical Asian Studies