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Ethnic Politics

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Working Paper 12: Theravada Buddhism in Sipsong Panna

Working Paper 12: Theravada Buddhism in Sipsong Panna

Past and Contemporary Trends The paper focuses on Theravada Buddhism, which is believed to have originally…

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Working Paper 11: Getting through the Mekong Sub-region

Working Paper 11: Getting through the Mekong Sub-region

Kemu's Health in the Economic Transition Publication date : March 2009

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Working Paper 8: Does Forest Devolution Benefit the Upland Poor?

Working Paper 8: Does Forest Devolution Benefit the Upland Poor?

An Ethnography of Forest Access and Control in Vietnam Forest devolution policies in Vietnam were implemented…

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Flexible Peasants: Reconceptualizing the Third World’s Rural Types

Flexible Peasants: Reconceptualizing the Third World’s Rural Types

The primary goal of peasants everywhere is survival. Yet the requirements of survival differ dramatically from…

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Working Paper 7: Living on Both Sides of the Border

Working Paper 7: Living on Both Sides of the Border

Transnational Migrants, Pop Music and Nation of the Shan in Thailand The paper draws on Shan…

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Ambiguity of Identity: The Mieu in North Vietnam

Ambiguity of Identity: The Mieu in North Vietnam

The monograph is based on Nguyen Van Thang's Ph.D. dissertation at the department of Anthropology, University…

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Working Paper 5: Revival of Ritual Ceremony in Hue Royal Temples after Renovation (doi moi)

Working Paper 5: Revival of Ritual Ceremony in Hue Royal Temples after Renovation (doi moi)

The Reconstruction of Identity Changes resulting from renovation policy (doi moi) in 1986 in Vietname lead…

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Working Paper 2: Social Change in the Economic Transformation of Livelihoods

Working Paper 2: Social Change in the Economic Transformation of Livelihoods

Voices from the Upland Mountain Community in Southwestern China Since 1983, China’s attempts at market-driven economic…

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