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Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
Students, higher education and political change
Drawing on firsthand research in a conflict-affected region, this book offers a powerful case study of revolution, displacement, and institutional failure after Myanmar’s 2021 military coup.
The 2021 military coup in Myanmar was received as a moral shock by a large part of the country’s population. The book gives voice to the students and academics who were key to the youth-led post-coup protests and are still fighting the military with their bodies and minds, by taking up arms and creating their own higher education institutions.
190 pages | 6.14 x 9.21 | © 2026
Asian Studies: Southeast Asia and Australia
Education: Higher Education
Sociology: Social Change, Social Movements, Political Sociology
Table of Contents
List of acronyms
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 A decade of reforms
2 Coup and reaction
3 Resistance and revolution: Gen Z students experiences and identities
4 Reclaiming higher education: Student-led provision and other solutions to support the Revolution
5 Student views and voices on the Spring Revolution and the future of Myanmar
Epilogue
Bibliography