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Tag Archives: civil society
Civil Society in Southeast Asia
Civil Society in Southeast Asia. Power Struggles and Political Regimes by JCA author Garry Rodan and published by Cambridge University Press, is currently available for free download, ending 6 October. The abstract for the book is: Contrary to popular claims, … Continue reading
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Tagged civil society, Garry Rodan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand
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Issue 4 for 2022 published
Volume 52, No. 4 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes six research articles and six book reviews. The research articles are: Labour and Electoral Politics in Cambodia by Kristy Ward & Michele Ford Multiple Careers: … Continue reading
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Tagged Adlan Margoev, Alexey Prikhodchenko, Alexey Tokarev, Anuradha Sajjanhar, Bertram Lang, Cambodia, China, civil society, colonial plunder, game industry, Hae-Yung Song, Heike Holbig, Hong Kong, India, Jingwei Li, Kevin Hewison, Korea, Kristy Ward, Labour, Lake Lui, Laos, Matan Kaminer, Michael K. Connors, Michele Ford, monarchy, Myanmar, Nepal, populism, post-work, Robert Hassink, Shengjun Zhu, socialism, Technocracy, Thailand, Xiaohui Hu
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Civil Society and State in Democratic East Asia
Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth is a collection edited by David Chiavacci, Simona Grano and Julia Obinger, published by Amsterdam University Press in 2020. It is reviewed for … Continue reading
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Tagged civil society, David Chiavacci, East Asia, Japan, Julia Obinger, Michael K. Connors, Simona Grano, South Korea, state, Taiwan
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Confronting Corruption in Indonesia
“Addressing Corruption in Post-Soeharto Indonesia: The Role of the Corruption Eradication Commission” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1552983) is a new article available at the website of JCA’s publishers. It is authored by Ahmad Khoirul Umam of the Faculty of Philosophy and Civilization, University … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmad Khoirul Umam, anti-corruption agency, Brian Head, civil society, corruption, Corruption Eradication Commission, democratisation, Gillian Whitehouse, Indonesia, Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi, market liberalisation, Mohammed Adil Khan, vested interests
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Myanmar and the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative
The final substantive article for the forthcoming special issue Who Governs and How? Non-State Actors and Transnational Governance in Southeast Asia, edited by Helen E. S. Nesadurai and Shaun Breslin, has been published. Marco Bünte is at the School of … Continue reading
Hewison on Civil Society
Readers may be interested in a post at New Mandala, authored by JCA editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison. The article is titled “Rethinking Southeast Asian civil society.”
Public Lecture: Post-Democratic Regimes and the Businessification of the State and Civil Society
Listen to Kevin Hewison, Editor-in-chief, Journal of Contemporary Asia, speak on “Post-Democratic Regimes and the Businessification of the State and Civil Society”; Wed, Nov 8, 2017, 10 am; UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman).
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Tagged civil society, Kevin Hewison, Philippines, uncivil society
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Issue 3 for 2016 published
Issue 3 of Volume 46 (2016) has gone to print and the issue is available electronically at the publisher’s site (with two articles available for free download). This is a Special Issue titled: Military, Monarchy and Repression: Assessing Thailand’s Authoritarian … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, Chris Baker, civil society, Deep State, elections, Eugénie Mérieau, inequality, Kevin Hewison, military coup, Napisa Waitoolkiat, network monarchy, Pasuk Phongpaichit, Paul Chambers, Prajak Kongkirati, Somchai Phatharathananunth, Thailand, Thorn Pitidol, Veerayooth Kanchoochat, wealth
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Rural democracy and the failed 2014 elections in Thailand
Two new articles have just been published by JCA in the Military, Monarchy and Repression: Assessing Thailand’s Authoritarian Turn Special Issue. There remains an Introduction still to be published. The first article is by Prajak Kongkirati of Bangkok’s Thammasat University and … Continue reading