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Author Thitiwut Boonyawongwiwat, author

Title The ethno-narcotic politics of the Shan people : fighting with drugs, fighting for the nation on the Thai-Burmese border / Thitiwut Boonyawongwiwat
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 167 pages)
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 22, 2017)
Subject 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
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Drug control
Ethnic conflict
Burma
Thailand
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017039881
ISBN 9781498520171
1498520170
1498520162
9781498520164