Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society - Paperback

by Adam Simpson (Editor), Nicholas Farrelly (Editor)

This new edition provides a sophisticated overview of the key political, economic and social challenges facing contemporary Myanmar. It will be of interest to scholars of SEA politics, economics and society.

Author Biography

Adam Simpson is a senior lecturer in international studies within Justice and Society at the University of South Australia. His research adopts a critical perspective and is focused on the politics of the environment, development and democratisation in Southeast Asia, particularly Myanmar and Thailand. He is the author of Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South (Routledge 2014) and is lead editor of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar (2018), also published by Routledge.

Nicholas Farrelly is a professor and head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania, Australia. His research focuses on political conflict and social change in mainland Southeast Asia, and he has undertaken extensive research across Myanmar. He is co-editor (with Adam Simpson and Ian Holliday) of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar (Routledge 2018).