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Few countries in the world have experienced the extraordinary path taken by Myanmar (Burma) over the past few years. After five decades of military rule, national elections in 2010 reinstated legislative influence and ushered in an era of political and economic reforms that are having far reaching impacts. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar provides a comprehensive and up-to-date resource on the political, economic and social issues to confront Myanmar. After an introduction by the editors, explaining Myanmar in flux and transition, it is divided into 7 parts:





Fundamentals



Spaces



Cultures



Living



Governance



International



Challenges

The Handbook discusses the distinctive ethnic composition that has generated civil conflict since independence from Britain in 1948, and how even today there is an ongoing civil war in the far north. Chapters look at the country's array of different cultural affiliations and heritages that have persistently challenged the notion of a single, and simple, "union," and how the inability of different ethnic and religious communities to live together is testing the overall reform effort. However, chapters also reflect on how this very same diversity has also generated conditions for a wondrous and uplifting array of cultural, religious and artistic outputs.



As Myanmar opens to Westerns businesses and government agencies, there will be increasing demand for the rigorous scholarly overview of Myanmar's politics, economics and society that this Handbook will provide. Written by an international team of scholars, with a mix of world-leading established scholars and up-and-coming researchers, the Handbook is an invaluable reference book that will provide a foundation for further research and offer the first port of call for scholars, students and policy makers alike.