Monthly Archives: July 2014
Indian public sector trade unionism
David Beale of the Manchester Business School and Ernesto Noronha of the Indian Institute of Management have an article available on public sector unions in Gujarat and West Bengal. The abstract is: Using qualitative research methods and comparing two Indian … Continue reading
Strikes in Vietnam
Kaxton Siu of the Australian National University and Anita Chan of the University of Technology, Sydney have a new paper at our website entitled “Strike Wave in Vietnam, 2006–2011.” Vietnam’s regime and domestic and international businesses have seen a remarkable … Continue reading
Hong Kong wages and welfare
Mathew Y. H. Wong of the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong, and Department of Government, University of Essex, has a new article, “The Politics of the Minimum Wage in Hong Kong” available. He provides an account … Continue reading
Finance and the deepening of capitalism in the Asia-Pacific
Toby Carroll from the City University of Hong Kong has an first-rate paper on this topic entitled “Access to Finance and the Death of Development in the Asia-Pacific.” His abstract states: This article details and dissects the promotion by the … Continue reading
Social protections in Nepal
Udaya R. Wagle of Western Michigan University has an article available entitled “Limited but Evolving: The Political Economy of Social Protections in Nepal.” It is a study of Nepal’s awakening to the idea of social protection in the 1990s. While … Continue reading
History and financial crises
Kee Cheok Cheong, Kam Hing Lee and Poh Ping Lee have an article entitled “Surviving Financial Crises: The Chinese Overseas in Malaysia and Singapore” at the JCA website that examines previously understudied aspects of financial and economic crises. What makes … Continue reading
JCA Prize 2014
The co-editors are pleased to announce the annual awards for the best paper and runner-up for articles published in 2013. The judging panel awarded the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize of $1,000, a letter of commendation and a complimentary 1-year … Continue reading
Cambodian Business and Politics
In a new article, The Institutionalisation of Oknha: Cambodian Entrepreneurship at the Interface of Business and Politics, Michiel Verver of the University of Amsterdam and Heidi Dahles of Griffith University, discuss the intertwining of politics and capitalism in contemporary Cambodia. Their … Continue reading
Thailand’s networks
In recent years there has been a revival of interest in networks that operate in Thailand, most especially those networks associated with the monarchy. On the latter, Duncan McCargo of Leeds University described a “network monarchy.” In a new paper … Continue reading
The Political Economy of South Korean Long-Term Development
JCA has published many articles that examine the industrial development that has taken place in South Korea in recent decades. The most recent is by Nicolas Grinberg of SOAS who uses a Marxist lens to re-evaluate this development. The abstract … Continue reading
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