Monthly Archives: February 2018
Limited Pluralism in a Liberal Democracy
Seoul National University’s Erik Mobrand‘s new article “Limited Pluralism in a Liberal Democracy: Party Law and Political Incorporation in South Korea,” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1441428) has been published online. This is another article in the special collection edited by Priya Chacko and … Continue reading
International Intervention and Local Politics
Natasha Hamilton-Hart from the Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland in New Zealand has reviewed the new book International Intervention and Local Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017) by Shahar Hameiri, Caroline Hughes and Fabio Scarpello. The … Continue reading
Thailand’s anti-royalism
It is unusual for JCA to publish an anonymous article. However, for the latest article at the publisher’s website, “Anti-Royalism in Thailand Since 2006: Ideological Shifts and Resistance” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1427021), we have withheld the author’s name. This decision reflects the … Continue reading
Islamic Populism and Right-Wing Politics in Indonesia
Islam, populism and the political right seem to topics of great interest in the current epoch. In an article for a special collection edited by Priya Chacko and Kanishka Jayasuriya to be titled “Crisis, Populism and Right-wing Politics in Asia,” … Continue reading
Social Media and Environmental Politics in Indonesia
Kristina Großmann of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Passau in Germany has a new article at JCA. “Social Media and the Successful Anti-Mining Campaign in Bangka, Indonesia” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1432675) examines the hotly debated topic of … Continue reading
Relative Surplus Population in Indonesia
Muhtar Habibi of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Benny Hari Juliawan of the Graduate School of Religious and Cultural Studies, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia have authored “Creating Surplus Labour: Neo-Liberal Transformations … Continue reading
JCA in Macau
The Journal of Contemporary Asia is pleased to announce that, from 1 February the official address for the Journal of Contemporary Asia has become the Institute of Macau Studies at the University of Macau. Hosting the journal involves the addition … Continue reading
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