Monthly Archives: March 2024

How East Asia’s Conservatives Rebuilt Legitimacy

“Redesigning, Subverting, Rolling Back: How East Asia’s Conservatives Rebuilt Legitimacy” (DOI: 10.1080 /00472336.2024.2323541) is a new JCA article by Ji-Whan Yun of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea and Yongwoo Jeung of … Continue reading

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Rights, Activism, and State Violence in Myanmar

Rights Refused. Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar is a new book by JCA author Elliott Prasse-Freeman. It is published by Stanford University Press, and is reviewed by Will Hannah. Hannah states that Rights Refused is an anthropology of … Continue reading

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Aid Partnerships in Myanmar’s Revolution

“International Aid Partnerships Amidst Myanmar’s Revolution: Solidarity or Self-Preservation and Compliance?” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2024.2320415) is authored by Tamas Wells and Pyae Phyo Maung, both of the School of Social and Political Science, University of Melbourne in Australia. It is the first … Continue reading

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The Social Origins of Capital in Pakistani Punjab

“The Social Origins of Capital: Trajectories of Accumulation at the Rural–Urban Interface in Pakistani Punjab” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2024.2320869) is a new article by Muhammad Ali Jan of the Department of Economics, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan. The abstract for the paper … Continue reading

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Epidemic Politics in Vietnam

Epidemic Politics in Contemporary Vietnam: Public Health and the State was published in 2022 by Bloomsbury Academic, and is authored by Martha Lincoln. It is reviewed for JCA by Minh Chau Lam. Cholera is often seen as a disease of … Continue reading

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