@book{fdi:010094551, title = {{C}alibrated engagement : chronicles of local politics in the heartland of {M}yanmar}, author = {{H}uard, {S}t{\'e}phen}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{F}or decades, the heartland of {M}yanmar has been configured as a pacified space under military surveillance. {A} closer look reveals how politics is enacted at distance with the state. {C}alibrated {E}ngagement weaves together ethnography and history to chronicle the transformation of rural politics in {A}nya, the dry lands of central {M}yanmar. {T}he book presents situations as varied as local elections, inheritance transmissions, land conflicts and ceremonies, to show that politics is about how people calibrate the way they engage with each other.}, keywords = {{MYANMAR} ; {BIRMANIE}}, address = {{N}ew {Y}ork}, publisher = {{B}erghahn {B}ooks}, series = {{A}sian {A}nthropologies}, pages = {336}, year = {2024}, DOI = {10.3167/9781805396772}, ISBN = {978-1-80539-677-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010094551}, }