'… this synthesis gives rural research in South-East Asia a prominent place in the understanding of the societies of the region since we see more than elsewhere the marks of forced or wanted change.' Émile Soupa, Moussons
1. Setting the scene; 2. Smallholder persistence in Southeast Asia; 3. Dispossession in the highlands and forests of Southeast Asia; 4. The landless and land poor; 5. Southeast Asian rural futures.