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On The Borders of State Power - Frontiers in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (Hardcover, New)
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On The Borders of State Power - Frontiers in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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On The Borders of State Power explores the changing nature, meaning
and significance of international borders over time in the area
referred to today as the Greater Mekong Sub-region, incorporating
Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan
province. An international line up of contributors examine the
changing nature of borders over time, using examples from the 15th
to 21st centuries and engage with contemporary literature on
globalisation, particularly as it applies to borders and the nature
of state power. What the book finds is that there is far greater
diversity in terms of the importance of borders across time than is
commonly thought. Thus, borders commonly thought to be closed are
often more open, open borders are found to be more restricted,
while pre-colonial frontiers, which are usually viewed as
relatively unimportant compared with the colonial era, are in fact
found to have been more closely governed. Looking at the
contemporary period, the book shows how economic liberalisation -
or so-called cooperation between the Mekong states in the post-Cold
War period - has been accompanied not by the retreat of the state
but rather by its expansion, including in ways which frequently
impose greatest restrictions on the poor and marginalised.
Incorporating work by both historians and social scientists this
book is a valuable read for those interested in the politics,
development and geography of Southeast Asia.
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