Monthly Archives: November 2017
Islamic Capital Markets and Economic Governance
Lena Rethel is with the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. Her article, “Economic Governance Beyond State and Market: Islamic Capital Markets in Southeast Asia” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1404119), has just been published at the JCA website. … Continue reading
Colonial and post-colonial Kolkata
JCA editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison has reviewed a new book published by Amsterdam University Press, Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata. From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1402505). Authored by Siddhartha Sen, the book is lavishly illustrated, unfortunately only in … Continue reading
Why Indonesian Deforestation Persists and Conservation Fails
Bernice Maxton-Lee is a nearly submitted PhD student in the Department of Asian & International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong. Her first academic article is published by JCA, titled “Material Realities: Why Indonesian Deforestation Persists and Conservation … Continue reading
US bases and Korea
“Bases That Leave: Consequences of US Base Closures and Realignments in South Korea” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1397728) is a new article at JCA’s site with our publisher. Author Claudia J. Kim is a PhD student with the Department of Political Science at … Continue reading
Domestic workers, migration and regulation
“Governing Domestic Worker Migration in Southeast Asia: Public–Private Partnerships, Regulatory Grey Zones and the Household” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1392586) is a new article at the JCA publisher’s website. Authored by Juanita Elias of the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of … Continue reading
Hewison on Civil Society
Readers may be interested in a post at New Mandala, authored by JCA editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison. The article is titled “Rethinking Southeast Asian civil society.”
Pigeons in Indonesia
In an unusual report on Indonesia, the NPR program on All Things Considered has a story called “The Pigeon Racers Of Indonesia.” In the written version of this article, a paper from JCA is cited. It is “The Wheels of … Continue reading
Public Lecture: Post-Democratic Regimes and the Businessification of the State and Civil Society
Listen to Kevin Hewison, Editor-in-chief, Journal of Contemporary Asia, speak on “Post-Democratic Regimes and the Businessification of the State and Civil Society”; Wed, Nov 8, 2017, 10 am; UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman).
Peace Processes and Hybrid Governance in Myanmar
Ashley South‘s latest article is available at the publisher’s website. In his “Hybrid Governance” and the Politics of Legitimacy in the Myanmar Peace Process (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1387280), Ashley examines the process of accommodating existing governance arrangements in ethnic areas that often … Continue reading
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