The wide-ranging, myriad and multiple challenges of Living with Myanmar is the subject of this volume. Following the Myanmar Update series tradition, each of the authors offers a different perspective on the sociopolitical and economic mutations occurring in the country and the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six sections and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality and identity politics, to agrarian reform and the representative role of parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their ongoing role in subverting the country’s reform process. However, they also offer insights into the creative and productive ways that Myanmar’s activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those legacies.
Justine Chambers is a sessional lecturer and Research Fellow in the School of Culture, History and Languages at The Australian National University.
Charlotte Galloway is the Director of the Myanmar Research Centre and Senior Lecturer in the School of Art and Design at The Australian National University,
Jonathan Liljeblad is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at The Australian National University.