Tag Archives: Duncan McCargo
The Future of Thailand
Future Forward: The Rise and Fall of a Thai Political Party is a new book by Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul, published by NIAS Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang of the Faculty of Law at Chulalongkorn … Continue reading
The death of Thailand’s king
JCA readers will have noted the demise of Thailand’s long-reigning monarch on 13 October. For those interested, there are several relevant articles at JCA available for free download. They are: Introduction: Understanding Thailand’s Politics by Veerayooth Kanchoochat & Kevin Hewison … Continue reading
Issue 3 for 2015 published
The latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia is now available online. The issue includes seven research articles, one review article and seven book reviews: Articles Optimism and Education: The New Ideology of Development in Indonesia by Paul K. … Continue reading
Nitirat: Thailand’s Enlightened Jurists
In a new article at the Journal of Contemporary Asia website, Duncan McCargo and Peeradej Tanruangporn examine Thailand’s remarkable Nitirat, a group of mainly academic lawyers, who have intervened in legal issues resulting from the country’s decade of coups and … Continue reading
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