Monthly Archives: April 2015
Dissent, power and Islam
In a new book review at JCA, Gwenaël Njoto-Feillard reviews a new book, Between Dissent and Power: The Transformation of Islamic Politics in the Middle East and Asia (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1033865), edited by Khoo Boo Teik, Vedi Hadiz and Yoshiho Nakanashi, … Continue reading
On imperialism
Co-editor Richard Westra has a new article available from JCA. Titled “In the Tracks of Imperialism” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1034454), the article examines the adequacy of the concept of imperialism for Marxism. Noting that the concept of imperialism is subject to considerable … Continue reading
Resistance and subaltern studies 1
Issue 4 in 2015 will include several articles in a collection edited by Uday Chandra and Kenneth Bo Nielsen titled Rethinking Resistance: Subaltern Politics and the State in Contemporary India. The special examines critically examines the development of subaltern studies … Continue reading
In the northern hills of Vietnam
In a new article, “State Livelihood Planning and Legibility in Vietnam’s Northern Borderlands: The ‘Rightful Criticisms’ of Local Officials,” Sarah Turner, Thomas Kettig, Đinh Thị Diệu and Phạm Văn Cự (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1028964) examine long-standing issues related to ethnicity and livelihoods … Continue reading
New editorial board members
JCA is pleased to announce two recent additions to the editorial board of the journal: Paul K. Gellert received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. His research … Continue reading
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