Tag Archives: India

Wealth Inequality and Uneven and Combined Development In India

Posted on June 21, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Closed Loop, Open Borders: Wealth Inequality and Uneven and Combined Development in India” (DOI: 10.1080/ 00472336.2022.2079548) is a new article for JCA by Anthony P. D’Costa of the College of Business, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA and … Continue reading →

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Issue 2 for 2022 published

Posted on April 30, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

After quite a delay, Volume 52, No. 2 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes a Feature Section of  four research articles on Privilege, Authority and Human Rights in Myanmar, three additional research articles, and four … Continue reading →

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Modi’s India

Posted on March 24, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Modi’s India: The Rise of Ethnic Democracy is authored by Christophe Jaffrelot and published by Princeton University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by editorial board member Kenneth Bo Nielsen. The book is said to be “magisterial,” analysing a period … Continue reading →

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Nehru’s Debates

Posted on March 18, 2022 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Nehru: The Debates that Defined India by Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain, and published in  New Delhi by Fourth Estate, is reviewed for JCA by Sharmila Narayana. As the reviewer observes, “No other leader in Indian politics continues to be … Continue reading →

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The Ruralisation of Labour Regimes in India’s Garments Industries

Posted on October 29, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Despite long delays in the publisher’s production department, JCA does have a new article out this month. The article is “Labour Recruitment Systems in Global Production Networks: The Ruralisation of Labour Regimes in South India’s Garment and Textile Industries” (DOI: … Continue reading →

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Populism, Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise in India

Posted on July 8, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Anuradha Sajjanhar of the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University in Canberra has a new article available. “The New Experts: Populism, Technocracy and Politics of Expertise in Contemporary India” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021.1934889) is an important examination of … Continue reading →

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India and its Northeast

Posted on February 28, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

In the Name of the Nation: India and its Northeast is a new book by Sanjib Baruah and published by Stanford University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Ganeshdatta Poddara of the Foundation For Liberal And Management Education (FLAME) … Continue reading →

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An Indian Precariat?

Posted on February 25, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Is There an Indian Precariat? Evidence from the Auto Manufacturing Industry” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021.1888148) is a new article for JCA by Tom Barnes of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia. The abstract for the paper … Continue reading →

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Religion, Identity and Belonging in Goa (with podcast)

Posted on February 18, 2021 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Citizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Identity and Belonging in Goa is a new book authored by Jason Keith Fernandes, published in Hyderabad by Orient BlackSwan. The book is reviewed for JCA by Kenneth Bo Nielsen of the Department of … Continue reading →

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The Making of the Chin Hills

Posted on November 20, 2020 by journalofcontemporaryasia

In a new review at JCA, Ngamtinlun Touthang of the Department of Political Science at Manipur University in India looks at Pum Khan Pau’s Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance, published by Routledge. The … Continue reading →

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