Myanmar Politics, Economy and Society

Praise for the first edition:

"[...] a must-read for scholars on contemporary Myanmar and fascinating for anyone interested in broader processes of political and economic transformations. [...] the book is a welcome addition to studies of contemporary Myanmar and deserves to be read widely."

--Marco Bünte, European Journal of East Asian Studies

"This excellent survey of Myanmar politics, economy, and society over 17 short chapters is obviously marred by the coup d'état of 1 February 2021. As an edited volume, the editors introduce and conclude the volume while assigning the 'meat' of the book to various experts on salient issues related to Myanmar's politics, economy, and society. [...] this book is a valuable survey of the issues and challenges facing contemporary Myanmar. While presenting the proximate causes of post-Thein Sein disappointment, it also touches upon and articulately explains the underlying forces, perceptions and prejudices that make achieving peace, let alone democracy, unlikely in this 'fiendish brew' of a country."

--Adam McCarty and Callum Furness, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2022.