Editorial: Convergence or divergence? Indigeneous peoples on the borderlands of Southwest China

McKinnon, John

doi:10.1111/1467-8373.00032

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“…Much anthropological, archaeological, and historical literature also exists on individual groups and countries within the Zomian region. Edmund Leach's influential work (1954( /Leach 2004 on the Kachin in Burma is of particular note, as is that of Michaud (2000), McKinnon andBhruksasri (1983), McKinnon (1997), and Scott (2000Scott ( , 2009 on the region as a whole. 7 Scott (2000, p. 3) notes, for example, that "for most of 'Burmese' history there was no state in any robust sense of the term.…”

Section: The Internal Governance Of Stateless Societies In Southeast mentioning

confidence: 99%

Repelling states: Evidence from upland Southeast Asia

Stringham

Miles²

2010

Rev Austrian Econ

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Although many economists recognize the existence of stateless orders, economists such as Cowen, Sutter, and Holcombe question how viable stateless orders are in the long run. Research documenting the historical existence of stateless societies is much more developed than our understanding of whether societies can successfully remain free of states. This article analyzes historical and anthropological evidence from societies in Southeast Asia that have avoided states for thousands of years. The article provides an overview of some of their customary legal practices and then describes the mechanisms that they use to avoid, repel, and prevent would-be states. Such stateless societies have successfully repelled states using location, specific production methods, and cultural resistance to states. A better understanding of these mechanisms provides a potential explanation for how such societies remained free of states for long periods of time.

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Section: The Internal Governance Of Stateless Societies In Southeast mentioning

confidence: 99%