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In 2011 the Australian Federal Labor Government launched its 'Mining for Development Initiative' (MDI). The objectives of the MDI are to assist developing and poorer nations in developing a sustainable mining industry and to assist in the management of this mining industry once established. I believe, however, that the practices and processes of the MDI are unsustainable and environmentally, socially, economically and culturally destructive and divisive. Focusing on mineral extraction for state building is shortsighted and outdated because it ignores the long-term environmental, social, economic and cultural impacts. We should be considering alternatives for development.

Myanmar has once again returned to military rule, with a year-long state of emergency declared by the army.When military dictators ruled Myanmar from 1962 to 2010, they were able to maintain tight control over the people through the country's extensive intelligence apparatus and harsh tactics such as imprisonment, torture and mass killings. As a result, Myanmar's people lived in virtual silence for decades.After a decade-long political transition that brought Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) to power, Myanmar is now a changed place. What used to be a pariah state is increasingly connected to the world. Civil society has begun to be established and public awareness about freedom, democracy, human rights and development has increased drastically.Given this, many are closely watching how people will react to the military taking back control of the country and tossing aside a government that won a massive popular mandate only a few months ago.

This interdisciplinary collection charts the experiences of young people in places of spatial marginality around the world, dismantling the privileging of urban youth, urban locations and urban ways of life in youth studies and beyond. Expert authors investigate different dimensions of spatiality including citizenship, materiality and belonging, and develop new understandings of the complex relationships between place, history, politics and education. From Australia to India, Myanmar to Sweden, and the UK to Central America, international examples from both the Global South and North help to illuminate wider issues of intergenerational change, social mobility and identity. By exploring young lives beyond the city, this book establishes different ways of thinking from a position of spatial marginality