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Tag Archives: Michael Barr
Issue 4 for 2020 published
Issue number 4 of Volume 50 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue is the fourth of the Journal’s 50th year anniversary and the second of three special issues due … Continue reading →
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Tagged authoritarianism, Brad Williams, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Cold War, connectivity, Erik Mobrand, Eva Hansson, Geoffrey Gunn, Indonesia, Japan, Jürgen Rüland, Jim Glassman, Kanishka Jayasuriya, Kevin Hewison, Malaysia, Meredith L. Weiss, Michael Barr, Olle Törnquist, Philippines, Taiwan, Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Thailand, United States, White Australia Policy
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Authoritarianism in Asia
In a new book review for JCA, Michael D. Barr of the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University in Australia has reviewed Authoritarian Modernism in East Asia by Mark R. Thompson, and published by Palgrave Macmillan. While … Continue reading →
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Tagged authoritarianism, China, Japan, Mark R. Thompson, Michael Barr, modernisation theory, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
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Issue 1 for 2016 published
The latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia is now available online. The issue includes five research articles, two review articles and ten book reviews. This is an unusual issue as we move to a new format in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Kingdom in Crisis, Arve Hansen, China, China-Japan relations, Gwenaël Njoto-Feillard, Htwe Htwe Thein, Islam, James Boyd, Jeffrey D. Wilson, Jihyun Kim, Karim Knio, Kosmas Tsokhas, Michael Barr, Michael Connors, Michael Gillan, Michele Ford, Myanmar, North Korea, Phạm Văn Cự, privatisation, Richard Westra, Sarah Turner, Serhat Ünaldi, Singapore, South Korea, Stephen Bates, Tamara Jacka, Thailand, Thomas Kettig, Vietnam, Wu Chengrui, Youngwon Cho, Zuzana Novakova, Đinh Thị Diệu
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Ordinariness and Singapore
Well-known analyst of contemporary Singapore politics Michael Barr is at Australia’s Flinders University. In his new article at the Journal of Contemporary Asia, “Ordinary Singapore: The Decline of Singapore Exceptionalism” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1051387), Barr takes on the Singapore ruling elite’s claims … Continue reading →
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Tagged authoritarianism, democratisation, elitism, Lee Hsien Loong, Michael Barr, regime legitimation, Singapore, Singapore politics
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Reviewing Barr’s The Ruling Elite of Singapore
JCA has a long interest in Singapore. For a time, the journal was banned by the Lee Kuan Yew regime. The late Malcolm Caldwell, a former editor, was threatened with legal sanctions for comments on LKY and was reportedly banned … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asia Research Centre, Garry Rodan, Lee Kuan Yew, Malcolm Caldwell, Michael Barr, Murdoch University, Singapore
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