Monthly Archives: March 2018
Political Thought, Politics and Religion in Myanmar
Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar is a new book by JCA author Matthew Walton, published by Cambridge University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Ashley South. In his review, South begins by observing: “Probably the most comprehensive … Continue reading
Contentious Citizenship in Myanmar
Gerry van Klinken is at the KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies) in Leiden and a JCA author. His latest for the journal is a review of the book Citizenship in Myanmar: Ways of Being In … Continue reading
Crushed by neoliberalisation
Kenneth Bo Nielsen of the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo has authored a new book review for JCA. Ground Down by Growth: Tribe, Caste, Class and Inequality in Twenty-First Century India has just … Continue reading
India’s Right Turn
The final article in the special collection edited by Priya Chacko and Kanishka Jayasuriya. to be titled “Crisis, Populism and Right-wing Politics in Asia,” has been published. Authored by Priya Chacko of the Department of Politics and International Studies, University … Continue reading
Indonesia’s Colonial Exploitation
JCA editorial board member Alec Gordon has published the latest of a series of articles that have sought to assess and calculate the level of colonial exploitation in then then Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. “A Last Word: Amendments and … Continue reading
Conservative Asia
The Introduction to the special issue “Crisis, Populism and Right-wing Politics in Asia,” has been published. The special issue is guest edited by Priya Chacko of Politics and International Studies at Adelaide University and Kanishka Jayasuriya of Murdoch University’s Politics … Continue reading
Australia moves to the right
Another article in the special collection edited by Priya Chacko and Kanishka Jayasuriya. to be titled “Crisis, Populism and Right-wing Politics in Asia,” has been published. The University of Adelaide’s Carol Johnson has authored a paper that assesses the rise … Continue reading
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