Proserpio Resistance through Higher Education

Myanmar Universities’ Struggle against Authoritarianism
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4107-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

In February 2021, Myanmar experienced the third coup d’état in its modern history. Unprecedented strength was displayed by Myanmar civil society as it fought back against these new authoritarian drives. Where did this strength come from?

Fearing the loss of the benefits gained in the previous decade of reforms (2011–2021), students, teachers, professors, and activists fuelled the Spring Revolution. To understand what is happening in Myanmar, this book outlines the historical efforts by Myanmar universities to advocate for a more just society and offers unique insight into the long-lasting struggle of education against authoritarianism.

By exploring Myanmar’s social and political struggles through the lens of higher education resistance, the book offers a compelling narrative about the life of the country following the latest coup d’état, an event that continues to puzzle the international community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Proserpio, Licia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. In the Wake of the 2021 Coup: Resistance by the Educated Gen Z and Their Teachers

2. Myanmar’s Higher Education in Historical Perspective

3. Building ‘Reformist’ Higher Education in Myanmar (the 2011–21 Decade)

4. Impossible Resistance to Neoliberalism: Making Myanmar Universities More Autonomous but Not More Inclusive

5. After the 2021 Coup: Higher Education for the Revolution

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Licia Proserpio is Adjunct Professor at the Department of History and Culture at the University of Bologna, Italy, and at the School of Liberal Studies at UPES, India.