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(Re)constructing state power and livelihoods through the Laos-China railway project

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Title (Re)constructing state power and livelihoods through the Laos-China railway project
 
Creator Suhardiman, Diana
DiCarlo, J.
Keovilignavong, Oulavanh
Rigg, J.
Nicol, Alan
 
Subject railways
development projects
land valuation
compensation
strategies
central government
livelihoods
transport infrastructure
large scale systems
political aspects
rules
procedures
government agencies
villages
households
social aspects
 
Description This paper examines the governance and implementation of land compensation for the Laos-China Railway (LCR). It brings to light the central government’s strategy to use compensation rules and procedures as its means to extend its spatial power across the provinces, districts, and villages that are affected by the railway construction. We examine both the manifestations and effects of state power through the formulation and implementation of land compensation procedures. Taking Naxang village in Chomphet district, Luang Prabang province, in Laos as a case, the paper highlights: 1) how centralized compensation rules and procedures serve as a means for the central government to expand its power; 2) how power relations between central-provincial-district governments (re)shaped the actual project implementation especially pertaining to compensation valuation and payment; and 3) implications for smallholder livelihood options and strategies.
 
Date 2021-08
2021-06-15T08:50:29Z
2021-06-15T08:50:29Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Suhardiman, Diana; DiCarlo, J.; Keovilignavong, Oulavanh; Rigg, J.; Nicol, Alan. 2021. (Re)constructing state power and livelihoods through the Laos-China railway project. Geoforum, 124:79-88. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.003]
0016-7185
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113944
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050490.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.003
H050490
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Limited Access
 
Format p. 79-88
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Geoforum