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The ethno-narcotic politics of the Shan people : fighting with drugs, fighting for the nation on the Thai-Burmese border
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"This study examines the role of narcotics in the ethnic conflict along the Thai-Burmese border. The author analyzes the impact of the war on drugs on the Shan people, their relationship with the s...
"This study examines the role of narcotics in the ethnic conflict along the Thai-Burmese border. The author analyzes the impact of the war on drugs on the Shan people, their relationship with the state, and their communal identity"--
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- Creator
- Thitiwut Boonyawongwiwat
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 167 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781498520164, 9781498520171, 1498520162, 1498520170
- OCLC
- on1001431391
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Why (anti-) ethno-narcotic politics? -- The Shan people in the unfinished civil war -- The anti-narcotic ideology of the Thai state on the Thai-Burmese border -- The anti-ethno-narcotic nationalism in ethnic conflict -- Ethnic identity and community : Hin Taek village as the site of reconstruction of Shan identity -- Conclusion : trajectories of anti-ethno-narcotic politicization
Subjects
- Shan (Asian people) -- Burma -- Ethnic identity.
- Shan (Asian people) -- Thailand -- Ethnic identity.
- Shan (Asian people) -- Burma -- Politics and government.
- Shan (Asian people) -- Thailand -- Politics and government.
- Drug control -- Burma.
- Drug control -- Thailand.
- Ethnic conflict -- Burma.
- Ethnic conflict -- Thailand.