Monthly Archives: July 2019
Apocalypse Economics and Economic Apocalypse
Co-editor Richard Westra has a post titled “Apocalypse Economics and Economic Apocalypse” with Palgrave Macmillan’s Exploring Economic History page, arguing, among other things that “Only under capitalism does economic life emerge transparently, as a separate sphere, permitting systematic study of … Continue reading
Military Wealth in Thailand
“Thailand’s Public Secret: Military Wealth and the State” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1635632) is a new and important article authored by Ukrist Pathmanand of the Institute of Asian Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and Michael K. Connors of the Department of … Continue reading
Reformasi and Indonesia’s Illiberal Turn
“Two Decades of Reformasi in Indonesia: Its Illiberal Turn” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1637922) is the last article for a special issue on post-reformasi Indonesia due out later this year. This is the Introduction for the Special Issue and is authored by Rachael … Continue reading
Music, Culture and Identity in Singapore
Semionauts of Tradition: Music, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Singapore is a new book by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray and Chee-Hoo Lum, published by Springer. It is reviewed for JCA by Rui Oliveira Lopes of the Faculty of Arts and Social … Continue reading
Free Access to Living in an Age of Precarity
Living in an Age of Precarity in 21st Century Asia by Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and Jonathan Rigg, which introduces the special issue Precarious Work, Precarious Lives: The Nature and Experience of Precarity in Asia is now available for free download. … Continue reading
Inequality, Politics and Representation in the Philippines and Singapore
“Inequality and Political Representation in the Philippines and Singapore” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1607531) is a new article by Garry Rodan of the College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences, Murdoch University and the School of Political Science and International Studies, The … Continue reading
Authoritarian Capitalism in Asia
Authoritarian Capitalism. Sovereign Wealth Funds and State-Owned Enterprises in East Asia and Beyond is authored by Richard W. Carney and published by Cambridge University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison of the Department of Asian Studies … Continue reading
Communal Conflict and Security Debates in Indonesia
“Past Communal Conflict and Contemporary Security Debates in Indonesia” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1619186) is the sixth article for a special issue on post-reformasi Indonesia due out later this year. The article is authored by Rachael Diprose of the School of Social and … Continue reading
Neo-liberalism and Higher Education in Indonesia
Inaya Rakhmani of the Department of Communication in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, has a new article with JCA. It is: “Reproducing Academic Insularity in a Time of Neo-liberal Markets: The Case of Social Science Research … Continue reading
Australia and Asia
David Walker’s new book Stranded Nation: White Australia in an Asian Region is reviewed for JCA by Kanishka Jayasuriya of Politics and International Studies at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. The book is published by UWA Press. Following from Walker’s … Continue reading
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