A study on the living people's political action and state control in Greater Mekong Sub-region

本研究以大湄公河次区域的居民为研究对象，他们受到国家级开发项目所带来的社会变迁的影响。这项研究的目的是验证他们是如何努力保护自己的生活环境的。虽然边境地区的居民在政治、经济和文化上受到该地区相关行为者的极大影响，但本研究显示了他们如何利用权力结构明智地找到自己的生存策略的过程。

This study focuses on the people living in Greater Mekong Sub-region, who have being influenced by the social changes led by national-scale development programs. The purpose of the study is to verify how they struggled to secure their living environment. Although residents in the border area are greatly influenced politically, economically and culturally by the related actors in the region, this study shows process of how they have managed to find their living strategy wisely making use of the power structure.