Monthly Archives: April 2019
Political Brokers in India
“Comparing Brokers in India: Informal Networks and Access to Public Services in Bihar and Gujarat” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1605535) is a new article at the JCA publisher’s website. This article is authored by Ward Berenschot of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast … Continue reading
Issue 3 of 2019 published
Issue number 3 of Volume 49 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This is a regular issue of seven research articles and five book reviews. The research articles are: “Extremely Rightful” … Continue reading
Belt and Road, Thailand and Railway Projects
Laurids S. Lauridsen of the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University in Denmark has a new article with JCA. “Drivers of China’s Regional Infrastructure Diplomacy: The Case of the Sino-Thai Railway Project” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1603318). Reflecting on the … Continue reading
Indonesia, Illiberalism and the South China Sea
“Indonesia’s South China Sea Diplomacy: A Foreign Policy Illiberal Turn?” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1601240) by Dave McRae of the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, is the third article for a special issue on post-reformasi Indonesia. The article’s abstract states: … Continue reading
CUP Asian Studies Free Downloads
Cambridge University Press has made some articles from their Asian Studies journals free to download until 15 May. These are the articles that have been most cited. For a look at these, visit this page.
China’s Maritime Rise
China’s Pathway towards Maritime Civilisation is reviewed for JCA by Xiaolong Zou of the School of International & Public Affairs, Jilin University, Changchun City, China. Published in Chinese as 郑永年论中国: 中国通往海洋文明之路, the book is authored by Zheng Yongnian and published … Continue reading
China Information
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Democratic Cosmopolitanism or Religious Nationalism in Indonesia
“Two Decades of Ideological Contestation in Indonesia: From Democratic Cosmopolitanism to Religious Nationalism” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1590620) by David M. Bourchier of Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia is now available for free download..
Dalits and Dispossession
“Dalits and Dispossession: A Comparison” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1597145) is the first article for a forthcoming special issue on the new land wars in India. The article is authored by Samantha Agarwal and Michael Levien, both of the Department of Sociology at … Continue reading
Drugs in Central Asia
Illicit Drugs in Central Asia is a book by Adilijiang Abulaiti, published in Beijing by China Minzu University Press in 2017. Written in Chinese, the Chinese language details are: 中亚毒品问题研究阿地力江·阿布来提 (北京: 中央民族大学出版社, 2017). The book is reviewed for JCA by … Continue reading
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