Author:
Han, Enze, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionix, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:The neighborhood effect of state and nation building -- The historical pattern of state formation in upland Southeast Asia -- Spill-over of the Chinese Civil War and the militarization of the borderland -- Communist revolutions at the borderland -- Dynamics of trans-boundary economic flows -- Comparative nation building across the borderland area -- Continual contestations at the China-Myanmar border.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index.
Note:Departing from existing literature on state building, this book proposes a novel theoretical approach that looks beyond the confines of state borders. Instead of looking at state building as a process determined by domestic factors, such as war preparation, political institutions, and geographic and demographic variables, Asymmetrical Neighbors argues that we should conceptualize state building as an interactive process heavily influenced by a ""neighborhood effect."" Ultimately, this book tells the story of the success and failure in state and nation building across the common borderland area.
