Tag Archives: Marxism
Economics, Science and Capitalism
JCA editorial board member Richard Westra has a new book out. Economics, Science and Capitalism is published by Routledge. The linked website includes a preview PDF. The abstract for the states: Various strains of heterodox economics have sought, and largely … Continue reading
Wages of Burman-ness: Contradictions of Privilege in Myanmar
“Revisiting the Wages of Burman-ness: Contradictions of Privilege in Myanmar” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021. 1962390) is a new article by Stephen Campbell of the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Elliott Prasse-Freeman of the Department of Sociology, National University … Continue reading
Issue 2 for 2021 published
Issue number 2 of Volume 51 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue has a Feature Section on the Political Economy of Southeast Asia, a tribute to Bruce McFarlane and … Continue reading
A Tribute to Bruce McFarlane
Bruce McFarlane was a member of the editorial board and a co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Asia from 1970 to 2005. His articles for JCA are currently available for free download. In the spirit of the journal’s 50th anniversary … Continue reading
Interview with Richard Westra
Co-editor Richard Westra is interviewed at Phenomenal World under the title “Banks, Bubbles, Profits.” Phenomenal World is a publication managed by staff of the Jain Family Institute, focused on theory and commentary across the social sciences. The interview discusses “financial … Continue reading
Critical Realism and Marxism
Richard Westra is a co-editor of JCA and with the Institute for Political Science, University of Opole in Poland. His latest blog post, drawing on his “Roy Bhaskar’s Critical Realism and the Social Science of Marxian Economics,”Review of Radical Political … Continue reading
Issue 2 for 2020 published
Issue number 2 of Volume 50 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue is the second of the Journal’s 50th year anniversary and the first of three special issues due … Continue reading
East Asia in the Global Economy
The sixth article for a forthcoming Special Issue on Marxism in Asia, guest edited by Richard Westra has been published. As the Introduction for the Special Issue, “East Asia in the Global Economy: Theoretical and Empirical Questions for Marxism” (DOI: … Continue reading
Green Designs for 21st Century Socialism
Green Designs for 21st Century Socialism is a new blog post by co-editor Richard Westra at The Bullet. Richard is an International Adjunct Professor at the Center for Macao Studies, University of Macao. His latest book is Periodizing Capitalism and … Continue reading
Marxian Ratios in South Korea, 1980–2014
A third article for a forthcoming Special Issue on Marxism in Asia, guest edited by Rick Westra, has been published. “Trends of Marxian Ratios in South Korea, 1980–2014” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1643488) is by Guhyeon Jeong of the Department of Political Economy … Continue reading
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