{"product_id":"turning-land-into-capital-development-and-dispossession-in-the-mekong-region-paperback","title":"Turning Land into Capital: Development and Dispossession in the Mekong Region - 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\u003ePhilip Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKevin Woods\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNatalia Scurrah\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Southeast Asia reversals of earlier agrarian reforms have rolled back \"land-to-the-tiller\" policies created in the wake of Cold War-era revolutions. This trend, marked by increased land concentration and the promotion of export-oriented agribusiness at the expense of smallholder farmers, exposes the convergence of capitalist relations and state agendas that expand territorial control within and across national borders. \u003ci\u003eTurning Land into Capital\u003c\/i\u003e examines the contradictions produced by superimposing twenty-first-century neoliberal projects onto diverse landscapes etched by decades of war and state socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters in the book explore geopolitics, legacies of colonialism, ideologies of development, and strategies to achieve land justice in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The resulting picture reveals the place-specific interactions of state and market ideologies, regional geopolitics, and local elites in concentrating control over land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Hirsch is emeritus professor of human geography at the University of Sydney and coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePowers of Exclusion: Land Dilemmas in Southeast Asia\u003c\/i\u003e. Kevin Woods is a fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu. Natalia Scurrah is an independent researcher based in Thailand and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Mekong: A Sociolegal Approach to River Basin Development\u003c\/i\u003e. Michael Dwyer is assistant professor of geography at Indiana University Bloomington and author of \u003ci\u003eUpland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650151669862,"sku":"9780295750460","price":69.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QmFuN0JRb0FDTnZzUktwY2VjcXNZUT09.webp?v=1779540631","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/turning-land-into-capital-development-and-dispossession-in-the-mekong-region-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}