Monthly Archives: May 2019
Periodizing Capitalism and Capitalist Extinction
JCA co-editor Richard Westra’s latest book, Periodizing Capitalism and Capitalist Extinction offers the first systematic exposition and critique of the major approaches to periodizing capitalism, bringing to bear both deep rooted theoretical questions and meticulous empirical analysis to grapple with … Continue reading
On India and Thailand
Given recent political events in India and Thailand, the JCA publisher has made two articles available for free download for the next couple of weeks. In light of the BJP’s likely election victory in India, the article “The Right Turn … Continue reading
Entrenched illiberalism
New Mandala has posted a series of videos that were recorded at the “Entrenched Illiberalism in Mainland Southeast Asia” conference hosted at the Australian National University on 8–9 April 2019. The participants included several Journal of Contemporary Asia authors: Chit … Continue reading
On the agrarian question
Richard Westra is a co-editor of JCA and is affiliated with the Center for Macau Studies, University of Macau. His latest article is with the newly relaunched The Japanese Political Economy and is titled “An Unoist perspective on the agrarian … Continue reading
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