Maaike Matelski is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her research relates to the fields of civil society, human rights, and development, with a particular focus on issues of voice, representation, and legitimacy within rights-based advocacy. Her recent book Contested Civil Society in Myanmar: Local Change and Global Recognition, which is partly Open Access, can be found on the website of Bristol University Press.