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.

Marie Lall is professor of education and South Asian studies at the University College London Institute of Education. Ikuko Okamoto is a professor in the Faculty of Global and Regional Studies and a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Development Studies at Toyo University in Japan.

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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

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