Monthly Archives: September 2019
On Hong Kong
JCA co-editor Toby Carroll has an op-ed with The Conversation. In “Hong Kong is one of the most unequal cities in the world. So why aren’t the protesters angry at the rich and powerful?” he observes that much of the … Continue reading
Alec Gordon’s Last Interview
Readers will be interested in Alec Gordon’s last interview. Conducted with Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux, and available in French and English, Elsa spoke with Alec in Kuala Lumpur, just a couple of weeks before his passing. The discussion was about … Continue reading
Populism: Europe and Asia Compared
“Moving Beyond European and Latin American Typologies: The Peculiarities of AKP’s Populism in Turkey” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1665196) is a new article by Yaprak Gürsoy of the Department of Politics and International Relations, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. The abstract states: Despite the … Continue reading
The Chinese Game Industry
“Windows of Opportunity, Capability and Catch-Up: The Chinese Game Industry” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1656761) is a new article by Jun Youn Kim and Song Hee Kang of the Software Policy & Research Institute in Seoul, Korea. The abstract for the paper states: … Continue reading
A Biography of Thailand’s Anand Panyarachun
In a new book review, Journal editor Kevin Hewison looks at Anand Panyarachun and the Making of Modern Thailand, a biography authored by Bangkok-based journalist Dominic Faulder. Anand was “twice unelected Prime Minister of Thailand” and is quoted as “lamenting … Continue reading
Neo-Liberal Labour Repression
“Neo-Liberal Methods of Labour Repression: Privatised Violence and Dispossessive Litigation in Korea” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1663552) is a new article for JCA by Yoonkyung Lee of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto in Canada. The paper is a significant contribution to … Continue reading
Class and Inequality in South Korea
Hagen Koo is with the Department of Sociology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA. His latest article is “Rising Inequality and Shifting Class Boundaries in South Korea in the Neo-Liberal Era” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1663242). The abstract for the … Continue reading
Caste Expression and Land Rights in India
“Adivasiness as Caste Expression and Land Rights Claim-Making in Central-Eastern India” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1656277) is the fourth article for a forthcoming special issue on the new land wars in India, due out next year. The article is by Patrik Oskarsson of … Continue reading
East Asia in the Global Economy
The sixth article for a forthcoming Special Issue on Marxism in Asia, guest edited by Richard Westra has been published. As the Introduction for the Special Issue, “East Asia in the Global Economy: Theoretical and Empirical Questions for Marxism” (DOI: … Continue reading
China Information
China Information is a journal that is housed with the Centre for Macau Studies, University of Macau, like JCA:
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