Calibrated Engagement

Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar

Stéphen Huard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-677-2 (ISBN)

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For decades, the heartland of Myanmar has been configured as a pacified space under military surveillance. A closer look reveals how politics is enacted at distance with the state. Calibrated Engagement weaves together ethnography and history to chronicle the transformation of rural politics in Anya, the dry lands of central Myanmar. The book presents situations as varied as local elections, inheritance transmissions, land conflicts and ceremonies, to show that politics is about how people calibrate the way they engage with each other.

Stéphen Huard is Researcher in anthropology at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). He has previously co-authored a French publication Transferts non marchands en Asie du Sud-Est et au-dela: Diversité des échanges et dynamiques des rapports sociaux (PU Provence, 2021).

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note on Text

Introduction

Part I: Histories

Chapter 1. The Coming of Village Headship

Chapter 2. The Last Men of Power

Chapter 3. The Rise of Village Affairs

Part II: Making Politics

Chapter 4. Being the Headman

Chapter 5. Transmitting Land

Chapter 6. The Worth of the Big Men

Chapter 7. Coda. Choosing a New Headman

Conclusion: History, Power and Hierarchy

Glossary

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	Asian Anthropologies
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-677-3 / 1805396773
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-677-2 / 9781805396772
Zustand	Neuware