Hi All,

 

Some of you may be interested in an article of mine just published with Mattijs Smits in the journal Society and Natural Resources. It will appear later this year in a special issue edited by the journal editors on ‘Society and Natural resources in an Illiberal World’:

 

Adam Simpson and Mattijs Smits. 2018. ‘Transitions to climate and energy security in Southeast Asia: Civil society encounters with illiberalism in Thailand and Myanmar’. Society and Natural Resources. 

 

Published early online: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2017.1413720

 

Limited FREE downloads are available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/cnFm7SmSXzgmwDSCpG4g/full 

ABSTRACT

 

All states, whether governed by liberal or illiberal regimes, face the prospect of momentous and potentially catastrophic environmental impacts due to climate change. Historically, energy policy has been directed towards simply achieving energy security. This goal has now been significantly complicated by the need to achieve it while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) could play a crucial role in promoting the transition to energy and climate security but the relative (il)liberalism of the political regime they operate under influences their effectiveness. This article assesses how ENGOs have impacted on the transition to energy and climate security in Myanmar and Thailand, two Southeast Asian countries highly susceptible to climate impacts and characterized by illiberal rule. It finds that the impact of ENGOs was highly dependent on their strategies, tactics and operation, with community-level projects providing a key route to effect change under conditions of extreme illiberalism.

 

Best,
Adam.

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Dr Adam Simpson

Director: Centre for Peace and Security, Hawke Research Institute

Senior Lecturer: School of Creative Industries, IPC: MAG-03

University of South Australia

GPO Box 2471

Adelaide SA

AUSTRALIA 5001

http://people.unisa.edu.au/adam.simpson

https://unisa-au.academia.edu/AdamSimpson

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

‘Transitions to climate and energy security in Southeast Asia: Civil society encounters with illiberalism in Thailand and Myanmar’, Society and Natural Resources (2018) by Adam Simpson and Mattijs Smits – limited FREE downloads available at http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/cnFm7SmSXzgmwDSCpG4g/full

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar (2018) edited by Adam Simpson, Nicholas Farrelly and Ian Holliday

Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (2017) Updated Paperback Edition with NIAS Press