{"product_id":"arms-politics-becoming-and-being-a-weapon-in-the-borderlands-of-myanmar-paperback","title":"Arms Politics: Becoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesco Buscemi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArms Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Francesco Buscemi tells the story of the ceasefire, disarmament, and rearmament of the Ta'ang movement in Myanmar's Shan State through an analysis of the formation of the Palaung State Liberation Front\/Ta'ang National Liberation Army (PSLF\/TNLA).\u003c\/b\u003e With a focus on the circulation of weapons through the post-1991 ceasefire, disarmament, and rearmament years, Buscemi explores how \"becoming and being\" an armed force leads to the \"becoming and being\" of a rebel polity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuscemi argues that the governance of arms and weaponry by rebel movements such as the PSLF\/TNLA shapes historically and spatially complex relationships among leadership, rank-and-file, civilians, and civil society groups. Furthermore, he demonstrates that it is through the acquisition of weapons and the governing of armed collectives that rebel movements reproduce and shape the collective identity of their polity and its political geography. Against the backdrop of the world's longest ongoing armed conflict, \u003ci\u003e Arms Politics\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the processes and practices of governing weapons shape social and spatial relations of rule at the edges of state authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancesco Buscemi is a Postdoctoral Researcher in political geography at the University of Bologna, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45516766183526,"sku":"9781501781742","price":78.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/fkYbu0rapi9781501781742.webp?v=1776411999","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/arms-politics-becoming-and-being-a-weapon-in-the-borderlands-of-myanmar-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}