Monthly Archives: March 2022
10,000 views
Another JCA article has passed the 10,000 download/view mark: “Legacies of the Cold War in East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction” by Eva Hansson, Kevin Hewison, and Jim Glassman. This was the introduction to a special issue and remains available … Continue reading
Japan’s “Lost Decades”
“From the ‘Lost Decades’ to the Organic Crisis of Post-1990s Japan” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032280) is an article by Myles Carroll of the Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan. The abstract states: This article argues that, since the 1990s, Japan … Continue reading
Penang at the Periphery
“What is Wrong with the Historiography on Colonialism in Malaya? Penang at the Periphery” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032276) is authored by Wei Leng Loh, formerly of the Department of History at the University of Malaya. The abstract for the article states: That … Continue reading
China’s Agribusiness
“Restoring the State Back to Food Regime Theory: China’s Agribusiness and the Global Soybean Commodity Chain” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032279) is a new JCA article by Scott Y. Lin of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. The … Continue reading
On Mongolia’s Mining Frontiers
“Searching for New Political Spaces: Negotiating Citizenship and Transnational Identities on Mongolia’s Mining Frontier” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022. 2032278) is a new article by Pascale Hatcher of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and … Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Lennon Walls
“Contentious Repertoires: Examining Lennon Walls in Hong Kong’s Social Unrest of 2019” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032277) is a new JCA article authored by Yao-Tai Li of the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales and Katherine Whitworth of the Department … Continue reading
Identity and Education in Nepal
Simultaneous Identities: Language, Education, and the Nepali Nation is by Uma Pradhan and published by Cambridge University Press. Jingwei Li reviews it for JCA. In recent decades education in Nepal has “enabled a revival of the minority language education,” with … Continue reading
North Korea and Development
North Korea and the Geopolitics of Development is authored by Kevin Gray and Jong-Woon Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Jihyun Kim. The book seeks to explain the “seemingly enigmatic juxtaposition of North … Continue reading
Modi’s India
Modi’s India: The Rise of Ethnic Democracy is authored by Christophe Jaffrelot and published by Princeton University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by editorial board member Kenneth Bo Nielsen. The book is said to be “magisterial,” analysing a period … Continue reading
The Art of Myanmar’s (Crushed) Transition
Painting Myanmar’s Transition is edited by Ian Holliday and Aung Kaung Myat and published by Hong Kong University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Kevin Hewison. The 80 paintings included in the book are drawn from Ian Holliday’s much … Continue reading
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