{"product_id":"arms-politics-becoming-and-being-a-weapon-in-the-borderlands-of-myanmar-paperback-softback-9781501781742","title":"Arms Politics; Becoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501781742","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArms Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBecoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrancesco Buscemi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501781742\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 17 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 3 maps - 17 Halftones, black and white - 3 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArms Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Francesco Buscemi tells the story of the ceasefire, disarmament, and rearmament of the Ta'ang movement in Myanmar's Shan State through an analysis of the formation of the Palaung State Liberation Front\/Ta'ang National Liberation Army (PSLF\/TNLA).\u003c\/b\u003e With a focus on the circulation of weapons through the post-1991 ceasefire, disarmament, and rearmament years, Buscemi explores how \"becoming and being\" an armed force leads to the \"becoming and being\" of a rebel polity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuscemi argues that the governance of arms and weaponry by rebel movements such as the PSLF\/TNLA shapes historically and spatially complex relationships among leadership, rank-and-file, civilians, and civil society groups. Furthermore, he demonstrates that it is through the acquisition of weapons and the governing of armed collectives that rebel movements reproduce and shape the collective identity of their polity and its political geography. Against the backdrop of the world's longest ongoing armed conflict,\u003ci\u003e Arms Politics\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the processes and practices of governing weapons shape social and spatial relations of rule at the edges of state authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: BLUNT REBEL RULE IN FRONTIER ASSEMBLAGES\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. Frontiers of Violence: Conceptual Bearings\u003cbr\u003e 2. Frontier Histories of Weapon Flows\u003cbr\u003e 3. Disarming and Rearming Ta'ang Land\u003cbr\u003e 4. Territories in Ta'ang Land\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: WEAPONSCAPES\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5. Networks (Weapon Biographies)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Scales\u003cbr\u003e 7. Places\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Southeast Asia Program Publications","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670824775960,"sku":"9781501781742","price":26.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/arms-politics-becoming-and-being-a-weapon-in-the-borderlands-of-myanmar-paperback-softback-9781501781742","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}