The uncertain world: The gift of development on the Mekong (Record no. 531017)
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| Personal name | Johnson, Andrew |
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| Title | The uncertain world: The gift of development on the Mekong |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Modern Asian Studies |
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| Extent | 58(5), Sep, 2024: p.1364-1378 |
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| Summary, etc | Development promises change. It is fundamental to the word both in English and in Lao: an improvement towards a pre-determined goal, but it is a process that is never entirely complete. In the Lao-speaking parts of Thailand, promises of development have formed the key commitments of particular regimes: military and monarchical, neoliberal and capitalist. Each presents a future that is nationally focused, guided by a paternalistic hand, be it that of a general, monarch, or tycoon. Spirits, too, play into such regimes, ensuring that development projects will fulfil their promises and that more such projects will come. But what happens when these goals shift towards distant centres of power? Here, I examine the magico-religious aspect of these promises. As large-scale hydropower on the Mekong, part of Chinese infrastructure projects, throws the river into chaos, new regimes of development arise. In the realm of popular religion, the link between spirits and development, too, has altered, with old powers’ promises growing stale, and new ones yet to appear. And between these two conflicting orders of power—orders that collapse state and religious dimensions—emerge different pathways towards navigating the uncertain world: an appeal towards other sources of monarchical authority, a search for survival in a newly shifting and globalized realm, and a waiting for a future as yet unrevealed.- Reproduced https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/uncertain-world-the-gift-of-development-on-the-mekong/5134E1C74DFCA9112ECBB3DBCE83650C |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Hydropower, Development, Thailand, Animism, Rivers. |
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| Main entry heading | Modern Asian Studies |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2025-07-23 | 58(5), Sep, 2024: p.1364-1378 | AR136772 | 2025-07-23 | Articles |