Monthly Archives: April 2022
Capital Accumulation in the “Lucky Country”: The Colonial Period
“Capital Accumulation in the “Lucky Country”: Australia from the “Sheep’s Back” to the “Quarry Economy.” Part I: The Colonial Period” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032800) is the first installment of a two-part article on Australia by Nicolas Grinberg of CONICET, Buenos Aires, and … Continue reading
Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia
Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution is a new book by Jacques Bernard. It is published by Cambridge University Press, and reviewed for JCA by Meghna Kajla of the Department of South Asian Studies … Continue reading
Buddhist Nationalism in Thailand
“Buddhist Majoritarian Nationalism in Thailand: Ideological Contestation, Narratives, and Activism” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2036360) is a new JCA article by Janjira Sombatpoonsiri of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and the German Institute for Global and Area Studies … Continue reading
Cambodia-Vietnam Borderlands: Unsettled Frontiers
Unsettled Frontiers: Market Formation in the Cambodia-Vietnam Borderlands is a new book by Sango Mahanty, published by Cornell University’s Southeast Asia Program Publications, and at a reasonable price for the paperback. It is reviewed for JCA by Minh Chau Lam … Continue reading
Outward Investment Strategies in China
“China’s Outward Investment under ‘Hierarchical Steering’ and ‘Grassroots Internationalisation’” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2045514) is a new article by Wiebke Rabe of the Department of China Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China. The abstract states: The debate on China’s outward investment largely focuses … Continue reading
Preventing Communal Violence in Myanmar
Nathaniel J. Gonzalez of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago in the USA has a new article with JCA. “Preventing Communal Violence in Myanmar: Power and Legitimacy in Local Conflict Prevention” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2050278) is … Continue reading
The State in a Capitalist Society: Protest and State in Vietnam and Indonesia
“The State in a Capitalist Society: Protests and State Reactions in Vietnam and Indonesia” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2038235) is a new JCA article by Jörg Wischermann of the Institute for Asian Studies, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA),Hamburg, Germany, Thi … Continue reading
Philippine Higher Education
“The Politics of De-Privatisation: Philippine Higher Education in Transition” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2035424) is a new JCA article by Kidjie Saguin of the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. The abstract states: While many higher education systems across … Continue reading
Corruption and Accumulation in Vietnam
“Vietnamese Patterns of Corruption and Accumulation: Research Puzzles” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2037010) is an article by Adam Fforde of the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne, and Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, in Australia. The article abstract states: … Continue reading
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