Tag Archives: Democracy
Cultivating Democracy in Agrarian India
Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India is a new book by Mukulika Banerjee and published by Oxford University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Kenneth Bo Nielsen of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of … Continue reading
Gambling on Development
In a new review for JCA, Scott MacWilliam of the Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, at the Australian National University, looks at Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose by Stefan … 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
W(h)ither Democracy?
The Journal of Australian Political Economy has a massive special issue that should be of interest for JCA readers. It is free to download and includes a paper by JCA co-editor Richard Westra: SPECIAL ISSUE – W(H)ITHER DEMOCRACY? REVISITING NEOLIBERALISM … Continue reading
Populism and Democracy
Bristol University Press has made a selection of its journal articles available for free download. The theme is Populism and Democracy. It’s introduction states: In recent years we have seen a decline of traditional forms of political engagement. As public … Continue reading
Inequality, Politics and Representation in the Philippines and Singapore
“Inequality and Political Representation in the Philippines and Singapore” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1607531) is a new article by Garry Rodan of the College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences, Murdoch University and the School of Political Science and International Studies, The … Continue reading
Land Grabbing in China and India
“Land Grabbing in an Autocracy and a Multi-Party Democracy: China and India Compared” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1569253) is a new article by Lynette H. Ong of the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada. The abstract for the paper states: Both … Continue reading
Writing and Using the History of Thailand’s 1932 Revolution
“The Unruly Past: History and Historiography of the 1932 Thai Revolution” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1556319) is a new article by Arjun Subrahmanyan of the School of Arts at Murdoch University in Australia. The abstract for the article states: The monarchy and the … Continue reading
Councillors and Voters in India
Tanya Jakimow of the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia has a new article at JCA, titled “The ‘Servants’ of Dehradun: A Changing Relationship between Municipal Councillors and Voters in India” (DOI: … Continue reading
State-managed Participation
A new review by Edward Aspinall of the Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University looks at Participation without Democracy: Containing Conflict in Southeast Asia. Published by Cornell University … Continue reading
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