Forging a Nation on the Land: The Struggle for Land in Myanmar's Transition to Democracy (2011-2017)

The Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration presents SIPA Alumna SiuSue Mark on her work related to Myanmar's transition to democracy.

In her own words: "To understand the complexity of Myanmar's transition in the early years, I use land politics as the lens with which to explain the dynamics of a country undergoing a three-part transition: from authoritarianism to democracy, from decades of armed conflict to peace, and from state-planning to open markets. I look at how different state and societal actors in the multi-ethnic society of Myanmar negotiate politics to shape land institutions in the era of the global land rush--referring to the phenomenon of transnational capital in search of low-cost land, which intensified after 2007 in response to global food price spikes."

Cosponsored by SIPA Economic and Political Development Concentration, Human Rights Working Group, Weatherhead East Asian Institute

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