About this ebook
As Myanmar takes its steps towards a democratic future, it becomes critical for the country to be aware of North East India’s experiences, as they could provide valuable lessons of what to ‘implement’ and what to ‘avoid’. Loss of common property resources, non-recognition of customary rights, ambiguous land laws and inadequate attention to people’s grievances have led to a rural landscape which has witnessed livelihood vulnerability, displacement and conflict.
The book not only tries to capture cross-border experiences in order to have a better understanding of land alienation, agrarian discontent and peripheral marginalization but also notes recent trends in rural spaces and suggests policy measures.
About the author
Dr. Reshmi Banerjee is a political scientist with specialization in food security, agricultural policies and cross-border studies on North East India–Myanmar.
She is currently a Research Fellow in the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. She was previously an academic visitor in the Asian Studies Centre (Programme on Modern Burmese Studies) in St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and a research associate in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She has been a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of International Relations, University of Indonesia, and a researcher in the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta.
Reshmi has worked as a fellow in the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, has been a Visiting Professor in the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, and has taught in Delhi University and the University of Indonesia. She completed her M.A, M.Phil and Ph.D. at the Centre for Political Studies (CPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
Reshmi has co-edited two books: Climate Change in the Eastern Himalaya: Impact on Livelihoods, Growth and Poverty (Academic Publishers, 2015) and Gender, Poverty and Livelihood in the Eastern Himalayas (Routledge, 2017).
