Monthly Archives: September 2015
Poverty in Bangladesh
In a new article just posted to the JCA website, Functioning Achievements in Urban Bangladesh: A Comparison with Rural Areas (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1089581), Tamgid Ahmed Chowdhurya and Pundarik Mukhopadhaya discuss ways of measuring poverty. The article’s abstract states: n view of … Continue reading
Thailand’s Crown Property Bureau
Editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison has reviewed a new booklet on Thailand’s Crown Property Bureau, authored by Porphant Ouyyanont. Crown Property Bureau in Thailand and Its Role in Political Economy is published by Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and is in … Continue reading
Hewison on Thailand’s recent politics
Editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison has recently written an op-ed for Asia Sentinel. “Fear Rules the Junta in Thailand” examines the reasons for the military junta’s rejection of its own draft constitution and its increased repression of political opponents.
eBooks available to read free
Routledge has a selection of chapter compilations from its book series available as eBooks and are free to view. There’s a very long list of series. Each compilation features a number of chapters from different titles within the series. The … Continue reading
World markets and the ADB
In “World market regionalism at the Asian Development Bank” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1086407), Paul Cammack discusses “an emerging ‘world market regionalism,’ within which regions are addressed in terms of their position within the world market, and regional projects are strategically oriented towards … Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Corporatism
In an article just made available at the JCA publisher’s website, Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Ma Ngok argues that accounts of a non-interventionist state in Hong Kong are flawed. In “The Making of a Corporatist State in Hong Kong: … Continue reading
Exploring the Political in South Asia
Routledge Asian Studies has a free-to-view compilation available, featuring chapters from recent titles in the Exploring the Political in South Asia series. The compilation provides a taste of the content and scope of the book series. The blurb states that … Continue reading
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