Monthly Archives: February 2021
Legitimate authority in Karen Areas of Myanmar
“The Forging of Legitimate Authority in the Ceasefire Mixed-control Karen Areas of Myanmar” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021.1887321) by SiuSue Mark, an independent scholar based in New York. The abstract for the paper states: This article investigates how legitimate authority is forged in … Continue reading
Reading on Myanmar’s Political Economy
Given the situation in Myanmar following the February 2021 military coup, we have made three JCA articles free to access for a month or so. The articles are: The Political Economy of Myanmar’s Transition by Lee Jones Building Governance from … Continue reading
Imperial Politics and Counterinsurgency in Southern Thailand
Uneasy Military Encounters: The Imperial Politics of Counterinsurgency in Southern Thailand is a new publication from Cornell University Press, authored by Ruth Streicher. The book is reviewed for JCA by Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat from Bangkok, Thailand. Developed from a PhD thesis … Continue reading
Religion, Identity and Belonging in Goa (with podcast)
Citizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Identity and Belonging in Goa is a new book authored by Jason Keith Fernandes, published in Hyderabad by Orient BlackSwan. The book is reviewed for JCA by Kenneth Bo Nielsen of the Department of … Continue reading
Chinese Proto-Elites: Perceptions of Regional Neighbours
“Threats or Opportunities? Chinese ‘Proto-Elite’ Perceptions of their Regional Neighbours” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1866649) is a new article by Qin Pang of the School of International Relations at Sun Yat-sen University in China and Nicholas Thomas of the Department of Asian and … Continue reading
Issue 2 for 2021 published
Issue number 2 of Volume 51 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue has a Feature Section on the Political Economy of Southeast Asia, a tribute to Bruce McFarlane and … Continue reading
De-demonising North Korea and China
East–West Reflections on Demonization: North Korea Now, China Next? is a new book edited by Geir Helgesen and Rachel Harrison, and published by NIAS Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Jihyun Kim of the Institute of International Studies at … Continue reading
Social Conflict, State–Business Relations and Exclusive Growth in Thailand
“Sick Tiger: Social Conflict, State–Business Relations and Exclusive Growth in Thailand” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1869997) is the first article in a forthcoming feature section on state-business relations and development. It is authored by Veerayooth Kanchoochat of the National Graduate Institute for Policy … Continue reading
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