Monthly Archives: October 2020
A Tribute to Bruce McFarlane
Bruce McFarlane was a member of the editorial board and a co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Asia from 1970 to 2005. His articles for JCA are currently available for free download. In the spirit of the journal’s 50th anniversary … Continue reading
A New Political Economy of Southeast Asia
Paul Cammack of the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester has a new book review with JCA. He reviews The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Uneven Development under Hyperglobalisation edited by Toby Carroll, Shahar Hameiri and … Continue reading
Malaysia and Gender Politics
Gender Politics and the Pursuit of Competitiveness in Malaysia. Women on Board is a new book by Juanita Elias and published by Routledge. It is reviewed for JCA by Juliette Schwak of the Division of Communication, History and Politics at … Continue reading
Politics, Caste and India’s New Land Wars
“The Politics of Caste in India’s New Land Wars” by Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Siddharth Sareen and Patrik Oskarsson is the Introduction for the Special Issue of the same name. It is now available for free download.
Watch the right
Editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison has a short article with the Melbourne Asia Review. His article, “Look right: The conservative elites opposing Thailand’s protesters,” examines the rightists and royalists who face off against today’s student demonstrators calling for democracy and reforms to … Continue reading
Handbook on Contemporary Thailand
Andrew Brown, formerly of the University of New England in Australia, has reviewed the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Thailand, edited by Pavin Chachavalpongpun and published by Routledge. A massive book of 34 chapters, written by “a collection of distinguished Thai … Continue reading
Capital Taxation in Japan and South Korea
“Capital Taxation in Japan and South Korea (1990s–2010s): Similar Outcomes, Different Trajectories” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020. 1823454) is a new JCA article by Sung Ho Park of the Department of International Relations, Yonsei University Mirae Campus, Gangwon-do, South Korea. The abstract for … Continue reading
JCA 50-year Infrographic
The publisher has produced an infographic that seeks to summarise some of the journal’s work over 50 years. Get it here.
Populism and Democracy
Bristol University Press has made a selection of its journal articles available for free download. The theme is Populism and Democracy. It’s introduction states: In recent years we have seen a decline of traditional forms of political engagement. As public … Continue reading
Publishing with JCA
The Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law has a series of podcasts (sound only). One of these is: What Constitutes Proper (regional) Scholarly Work? – Episode 7 Given the increasing pressure to publish in internationally recognized outlets, this episode … Continue reading
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