Book Review: Understanding Reform in Myanmar: People and Society in the Wake of Military Rule

Abstract

Understanding Reform in Myanmar is a detailed account of Myanmar’s political transformation between the years of 2010 and 2015. The book benefits greatly from the author’s access to several actors across the political and civil society spectrum, which makes for a rich and detailed telling of the events in this decade, including many behind-the-scenes machinations that are hard to capture through media accounts.